I've been wracking my brain over this one for two days and would really appreciate any help or pointers that anyone could offer... Pardon the length, but I've seen from experience that if you aren't complete, you get bombarded with a million questions about the environment...
Our client is currently running Exchange 2000 SP2 on Win2k SP2. The have multiple email domains, but we'll call the main one "local.com." Recently they have expanded and acquired an international office. I have been working with the technician on-site there to install 2 new domain controllers for a new domain in our existing forest, one of which will double as an Exchange 2k server. They have their own registered domain which their Exchange server will be hosting... we'll call it "intl.com" The two locations are connected via VPN, and the network connectivity is tested and perfect, though a little slow (600ms ping times). The servers have been installed as domain controllers, and email is working fine for sending messages from intl.com to intl.com. Likewise mail from local.com to local.com continues to work. Both servers will also receive external mail which is destined for a mailbox ON THAT SERVER only. Now the problem... I seem to be missing something fundamental, but I was under the impression that members of a "Routing Group" automatically created the necessary connectors to communicate between each other. (These two servers are members of the same routing group.) Regardless, mail from intl.com to local.com or vice-versa never arrives. What am I missing...? Do I have to manually create connectors? Should I be using SMTP connectors or X.400? Is there something special I have to do in recipient policies other than ensure all email domains are listed and marked as "Exchange is responsible for this domain"? Also, once mail is flowing, should I be able to send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to mail.intl.com and have it automatically route through to mail.local.com? This is obviously my first experience with a multi-site/multi-server Exchange setup. I have searched for decent documentation, but I haven't found anything that says: "This is how it works." I'm sure it exists and I'm just looking in the wrong place. If someone can direct me to a "How to add a second exchange server housing a different domain" or "How inter-Exchange email routing" works, I'll be just as happy! Thanks in advance, -Aaron List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm