Re: Need an email spooling server... by Daniel
Daniel
Fri Nov 18 21:59:42 CST 2005
Dave wrote:
> I am looking for suggestions as to how to procure and set up a server as our
> second MX server, at an alternate site, so if our primary server (Exchange
> 2003) becomes unavailable for awhile, the spooler will store the incoming
> messages until the primary server comes online again. We have two additional
> sites where we could plant the secondary server. Post.Office used to work
> well for this, but I cannot seem to locate it for sale anymore.
>
> Dave
There are several options here - My company uses postini for most of our
clients, and they have a spooling/mailbagging service, but they offer
spam/virus protection also and therefore are pretty pricey. If you're
doing it in-house, just set up a sendmail server on a linux box at a
remote location (if you have no servers there) or use the SMTP service
in IIS if you do (preferred, since sendmail is a big pain in the
outbound interface.) Really, any SMTP server will do; just make that IP
a MX with a higher cost and set up forwarding.
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Sincerely,
Daniel S. Tate,
MCSA+Messaging,
Sun Certified Security, Network and Systems Administrator