Hey, John,
> Lets not get touchy Dan, we all have work to do. Um, I didn't think there was anything remotely "touchy" about my follow-up my e-mail. If you wish to interpret it that way that is your choice. > > First, we enabled DNS on a server that was not currently running DNS. > > OK > > > Secondly, we created a zone file for NEXUSTECHNOLOGYGROUP.COM and > > then > > created an MX record in that zone file which points to our Dynamic > Hostname > > NEXUSTECHGROUP.DNSALIAS.COM. > > Ouch. > > > Thirdly, we changed the name servers which IMail points to from public > name > > servers over to this private name server. > > Ouch. > > > So my question is, is there anyway you can tell IMail to relay e-mail for > a > > specific set of domains, without those domains being defined as hosts in > > IMail and without those domains being defined in the "\ETC\HOSTS" file? > > In a word, no. Thanks. That's all I needed to know. > Trying to play tricks with DNS while bite you in the butt, if not no latter > when you least expect it and forgot what you did. I agree with you. This was not my idea. > Better to just have Exchange retrieve the messages. Probably best to have a > 3rd party software do that as the Exchange POP3 connector is spotty from > what I have been told. (Although that was with dialup accounts. Yours is > just dynamic IP.) Again, I agree with you. I've been saying to the decision makers from the start that that best way to do this, as long as we have a dynamic IP address on our Exchange Server, is to just have Exchange retrieve the messages. In fact we've been using a POP3 connecter called IGetMail for a month now to do just that. I've compared our list of Pros and Cons for using a POP3 connecter and for a doing it this other way and as far as I'm concerned everything weighs in favor of the POP3 connecter. But the person who is the final decision maker refuses to acknowledge this. So I'm stuck trying to create kludges for everything. My reasoning goes like this... Pros and Cons of Using a POP3 Mail Connecter (Exchange retrieves mail from IMail) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Pros 1. Mail is retrieved for Exchange when it is ready to retrieve e-mail. Since we have a dynamic IP address I think it's better to put the decision as to whether the server is ready to receive e-mail in the hands of the recipient server rather than the relaying server. 2. Leaving accounts on IMail allows us more flexibility. If you have an account on e-mail you can still retrieve e-mail remotely via IMail's built-in WebMail. Also, personnel who work outside the office and don't use Exchange can setup their POP3 clients to download e-mail from IMail. Cons 1. Any new users have to be added in Exchange and in IMail. To me this is a very minor con but the "decision maker" thinks that this is a major sticking point. I've been unable to convince him otherwise. 2. There is a delay in receiving e-mail. Again to me this is a very minor con. IGetMail can be set to retrieve as often as every 3 minutes. To me that is plenty often enough to get mail in a timely manner. Again I've been unable to convince the "decision maker" otherwise. Pros and Cons of Using a Dynamic DNS and Other Kludges (IMail delivers mail to Exchange) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Pros 1. No delay in receiving e-mail. Cons 1. We are dependent upon DNSALIAS.COM for proper updates. If their dynamic DNS updating service goes down or their name servers go down then we are no longer getting our e-mail. 2. Dynamic IP transitions. If the IP address our router changes then there has to be some delay even if it's a matter of minutes before DNSALIAS picks up on the IP address. During that time period if another SMTP server grabs our old IP address IMail will try and deliver mail to their server and most likely all of that mail will be bounced back to the sender's because of invalid recipients. Just the fact that IMail can't support this name server kludge is hopefully going to be enough to sway things in my favor. But I felt compelled to do my due dilegence in this matter. > Here is another idea. Have a Gateway to Gateway VPN between the site where > Imail is and where Exchange is. Configure Imail to Store and Forward, using > the private IP address of Exchange. Let the VPN gateway worry about the > dynamic IP. I appreciate the additional idea. As it is right now the POP3 connecter trial expires tomorrow. I've been working on the migration since Tuesday to try and get the migration complete before then. I've probably used up three times as much company billable time trying to kludge my way through this as I would've if we would've just bought the damn $70 connecter. Thank you for all of the helpful feedback you give to myself and others. Have a great weekend! Take Care, Dan ==================================================================== This E-mail is scanned and free from viruses. www.nexustechgroup.com To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
