>This is my first post, and hope you can help.
Chris, I actually spent quite a few minutes composing a response to
your first posting because the pb is quite interesting. But I gave up.
Anyway, I always root for the underdog! LOL
>I work for a multinational who, for security reasons, do not like
>the idea of internet mail.
fair enough, it's just as every bit as secure as postcards. Where is
their concern?? :))
> To get round this they have installed direct lines between
> individual centres.
These are tcp/ip links or netbios/netbeui only?
You have private DNS?
>Using M$ Exchange, mail sent to a member in another centre is
>filtered to a router
what does the SMTP filtering and routing?
>connected to this direct line, all other mail goes across the
>internet as usual.
>I am under pressure to adopt this method, indeed I have installed
>the secondary router, and am resisting the clamour to install Exchange.
You'll probably get Borg'ed and corp'ed anyway, but whatever....
> Is there a way (in simple plain english please) to set up this arrangement?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>| Internet Router |<---> ( Internet )
> /
>Me--<Filter>
> \
> NE1@myco----------->| Local Router |<---> | Centre Router |
Don't know no plain English, but this would be dead simple if your
Exchange servers were running in SMTP mode and found in your private
or split DNS. Imail looks up any myco domain, finds the MX and
private ip, and sends to the private exchange servers, otherwise
sends to internet like us normal folks.
ie, Imail, + DNS, figures out all by its lonesome, without a
"filter", where to send the mail.
Len
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