Email Routing Question

11 Apr 2005 4:39 PM

msadexchman

Hello,

In a pure Exchange 5.5 environment right now which
consists of 6 remote branch offices which are set up
as "sites". We'll be purchasing new servers and
installing Exchange 2003 on them then performing
the "server swing" migration. New server will be
installed in same site and mailboxes will be moved.
Presently, all inbound mail goes to our hub site and is
then transfered internally to remote offices. For
outbound mail, all mail is sent from the remote offices
straight out to internet via IMS on each server.

I'm curious how the mail routing for internal mail will
work once we introduce the Exchange 2003 servers into
these remote offices. Can someone explain that to me?

11 Apr 2005 5:53 PM

Mark Arnold [MVP]

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 09:39:48 -0700, "msadexchman"
<anonym***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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>Hello,
>
>In a pure Exchange 5.5 environment right now which
>consists of 6 remote branch offices which are set up
>as "sites". We'll be purchasing new servers and
>installing Exchange 2003 on them then performing
>the "server swing" migration. New server will be
>installed in same site and mailboxes will be moved.
>Presently, all inbound mail goes to our hub site and is
>then transfered internally to remote offices. For
>outbound mail, all mail is sent from the remote offices
>straight out to internet via IMS on each server.
>
>I'm curious how the mail routing for internal mail will
>work once we introduce the Exchange 2003 servers into
>these remote offices. Can someone explain that to me?

Take a look at Routing Groups:
http://computerperformance.co.uk/exchange2003/exchange2003_routing.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231731/EN-US/

How to:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=266725