Hello, AD 2003 Exchange 2003 SP2, Windows 2003 SP2
I have an existing Exchange 2003 hosting approximately 2000 mailboxes. I'll be staging a FE server to leverage Exchange ActiveSync and eventually OWA, as well as offload SMTP. I have a question regarding the initial configuration. Our existing server is configured to forward mail to a smarthost. We also use an SMTP Connector to impose Delivery Restrictions on a specific security group. When joining the second server to the organization, I'm assuming I can hold off on selecting the option "this is a front-end server" which should allow me to configure the appropriate relay settings on the SMTP virtual server as well as configure the SMTP connector. When configuring the SMTP connector, can I setup the address space for SMTP * and configure a lower cost initially? Once I'm ready to make the switch, do I configure the SMTP Virt Server and Connector to forward mail to the new front-end, switch the cost within the address space on both servers, and go from there? What about Outlook client connectivity internally? How would existing outlook profiles know to communicate with the FE? - Sean ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
