Actually the desired outcome can be accomplished if configured differently
then described.. Setup exchange as the primary mail server and set
"Forward All Mail with Unresolved Recipients" so that any mail destined for
recepients not listed in the exchange server will be forwarded to IMail...
Jon Beets
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: ORBSSRC: [IMail Forum] Exchange server as a backup
>
> >That is the Imail server will be the top priority mail server and the
exchange
> >server will be the second priority. Mails received for
> >this domain should be delivered to the Imail server,
> >if the user name exists in the first server (Imail
> >server). If the recipient name is not found in the
> >first server it should search for that name in the
> >Exchange server. How can i accomplish this?
>
> You can't. DNS/SMTP doesn't have any way of letting you know to connect
to
> another mail server after you have successfully connected to the primary
one.
>
> What you can do is as you switch users, you can set up forwarding on the
> primary mail server to forward to the backup mail server (for example,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] could have his E-mail forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
>
> -Scott
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