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More info?)
Hello Ace,
Well You are correct.The mail servers are not Exchange.
Yes they have the same domains on them. So if the main server is down the
other can pick up the mail. Both servers are internally networked so there is
a connection. actually the IIS server sends out of the main server. So... in
the interim I may have thought something up.
It appeares to be redunduncy.
Example:
MainMail server:
MX Mydomain1.com
MXMydomain2.com
would have two MX records
Back up only one MX which is the main servers IP
Now the MX on the backup would have only one MX
MXMydomain1.com
so when i send out it would use the first mailserver and if that server were
down then it would be sorted to the backup.
Sound right? or just jibberish he He
Thanks for all your help lets see what happens
Joe
"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:
> In news:F315E58F-2371-4DF0-BFA7-9B8887AF621D@microsoft.com,
> Joe <Joe@discussions.microsoft.com> made this post, which I then commented
> about below:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Joe here, I just spent about 2 hours confusing the heck out of myself
> > here.Maybe another brain can bail me out?
> >
> > I have two mail servers and one is also a webserver So one has IIS
> > and Mail. The other is strictly a mail server and the main mail
> > server.
> > This main mail server has an MX of 10 and the backup 20 and are
> > identical on the DNS
> >
> > MX:maydomain1.com
> > MX:mydomain2.com
> >
> > The problem I am having is if I send mail out of the second mail
> > server (first mailserver is fine) that has the MX priority of 20 not
> > 10 I cannot send mail to any of my domains at the primary mailserver.
> > BUT I can send to Hotmail and other domains.
> >
> > What am i Missing here?
> >
> > Thanks very much
> > Joe
>
> I'm assuming you are not using Exchange, because you implied that the
> "other" mail server doesn't have IIS installed, which Exchange 2000 & 2003
> requires.
>
> I'm also assuming that the two mail servers don't host the same domains and
> they are not in the same "organization", as it's called in Exchange.
>
> If this were Exchange, I would suggest to create an smtp connector to the
> "other" server with those specific address spaces for those domains the
> 'other; is handling.
>
> Another possibility is to use only your internal DNS, which assumingly your
> mail server is resolving the MX records using an outside DNS. I would then
> force a specific domain's MX to the specific server hosting it, instead of
> the way it's setup for the public.
>
> Maybe someone else can come up with something else.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ace
>
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> Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
> Microsoft Windows MVP - Windows Server - Directory Services
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