Not as long as you have the same spam protection at both Edge servers.... On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Liby Philip Mathew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the info. > But, will it be a loop hole for spammers? > Regards > Liby Philip Mathew > Technical Consultant > > ________________________________ > From: James Wells [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wed 16-Jul-08 15:43 > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Edge server placement for multi-site configuration > > Almost. > > If eiter site goes down (and "goes down" means that the server with > the MX record doesn't respond on port 25), then all mail will route to > the other. if both are down, mail will queu and eventually (normally > 2 days for most defaults) expire. > > But when both are up....you will see traffic on both. Not every MTA > obeys MX record weight, and often spammers won't. You'll probably see > most of your trafic go to the primary record, though. > > --James > > On 7/16/08, Liby Philip Mathew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thank you very much, Wells. >> I forgot to mention that the mail domain is same for both the countries. >> In >> this case, I suppose the following will happen: >> Country A hosts the priority 10 MX record >> Country B hosts the priority 20 MX record >> >> So all the mails for both countries comes to Country A and mails for >> country >> B is routed internally thru the VPN to country B. >> If Country A MX server goes down all the mails will be routed to Country B >> with 20 priority MX and the mails for country A and Country B will be >> received at Country B and the mails for country A will routed from Country >> B >> to A internally. >> Am I right in the concept. >> >> Regards >> Liby Philip Mathew >> Technical Consultant >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: James Wells [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tue 15-Jul-08 16:18 >> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Edge server placement for multi-site configuration >> >> >> >> Here you go, Liby: >> >> 1. If they're both using the same email domain (example.com), then >> you can't control what country receives the external SMTP email. You >> could list both Edge servers' external IPs as MX records for the >> domain, but it would be pretty random as to which country receives. >> You MIGHT be able to use a hosted antispam/mail routing provider to >> provide this type of logic, or maybe use a hosting provider and >> rewrite the addresses from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED], and have some logic there. But in any case >> - once the mail is received by a Hub Transport server -- it'll know >> how to find the right site and get the mail over where it belongs. >> >> 2/3. If memory serves, this is just part of the Receive/Send >> connectors. The Edge servers are going to have a different logic >> depending on which type (I think both are created automatically -- but >> I don't deal with Edge servers on a daily basis. The Technet articles >> for Edge/Hub subscription should provide more than enough detail). >> See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb266920(EXCHG.80).aspx >> >> 4. Autodiscovery is based on an FQDN >> (autodiscover.emaildomain.com/path or emaildomain.com/path). If you >> want to make those stay local and not travel across your site-to-site >> link, just ensure that the DNS name above (in that order) will resolve >> to an Exchange server locally that has the service running. >> >> >> Good luck! >> >> --James >> >> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 2:59 AM, Liby Philip Mathew >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi >>> I have 2 offices in 2 different countries with around 150 users in each. >>> We >>> are planning for 1 domain but 2 sites. The sites are connected by VAN >>> site-to-site links using ISA 2006. Below are my requirements. How can I >>> achieve it? >>> >>> Edge is installed in both countries and subscribed to respective >>> CAS/HT/MB/UM server in respective sites. >>> >>> 1. 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