Chris was kind enough to reply with lots of good commentary, including this: > There's no reason you'd need to keep the IMC in a mixed > environment... I > don't think. But just to clarify, since you don't have a shared GAL do > you also have a disjointed namespace between sites/admin groups (e.g. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED])?
Absolutely. And, there's only one E5.5 server per site. All Exchange servers get incoming mail and send outgoing mail only through the smart host (well, except for users on the same server sending to each other). > Does your smarthost > then handle the routing for the other sites as well as > outbound internet > e-mail? Yes, it does. In fact, all the various internal domains that receive email have their IP addresses in DNS pointing to the smart host (MTA). It's a tad complicated, but then, what isn't in our profession? I actually have a test Exchange 5.5 server on Windows 2000 Server in its own site. For my own piece of mind, rather than breaking a production server, maybe I can create another ADC, connect it to that test Exchange server (oops, I might have to install a test E2K3 server into that site, too), and test getting rid of the IMS on that Exchange server, and see if everything still works. I would hope that after all that, I could get rid of that site if I wanted to? Thanks again, Chris. Larry Wahlers _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
