Mitch- By "the company must now supply internal email addresses" do you mean that the company wants all of the consultants to show up in the global address list, or that outside people must be able to send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do the consultants need to access any internal company network resources?
Contact objects or mail-enabled user objects might be acceptable options for you. Either of those can result in a GAL entry for the consultant that points to their yahoo/hotmail address, along with a company.com address for any outside people to send mail to. I'd avoid the pop3 connector if possible. For the signed email, who is sending it and who is receiving it? Is it company<->consultant mail, or consultant<->outside people mail, or company<->outside people mail, or some/all of these? Hunter -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mitch Reid Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 9:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Exchange Options I'm doing some work for a small company (20-25 employees). They have 2 servers. Server1 is an older ML370 - P3 / 933mhz / 2.5GB RAM. It's a Windows 2000 SP4 DC/DNS, has all FSMO roles and has Exchange 2000 Standard. clients use Office XP and a small amount of OWA. Server2 is a 'secondary' DC with DNs, DHCP, WINS. They have their own domain name registered. They have a 512k SDSL Internet connection. I realize Exchange and OWA on a DC isn't a good idea but thats how it is right now. They have 180 consultants that work from home. They use any email they want (hotmail, yahoo, etc.). The company now must supply internal email addresses to all 180 consultants using their domain name. I'm looking for suggestions. The couple I thought of are: 1) Internal- Get an additonal server dedicated to Exchange. Have the consultants use Outlook (or Express) or OWA. Bandwidth may be an issue. 2) Host mail- Find a company that will host their mail. Change the MX record to pont to the hosting company. I could uses a POP3 connector to pull down mail just for the 20-25 employees in the office. Also, they have a requirement to get certificates and sign their emails. I don't think this will impact any decisions. (Or will it)? Any thoughts are appreciated. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
