Some companies do something like: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - regular user [EMAIL PROTECTED] - staff member
I think that would make things easier. HTH, Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: "webguy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 8:55 AM Subject: [iMS] mail routing question > Hi, > > We have a website, say xxx.com. Vistors to our site get a web mail address > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > Staff at our company also get eamil addresses; [EMAIL PROTECTED] for example. > > I want to install a local mail server on our network for staff. > So I am going to forward any staff accounts to our local network mail server > (lets call it xxx.net). > > So an account [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwards to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if the account is a > staff > account, otherwise it remains on xxx.com. > > Where this arrangement gets tricky is that I want to ensure that staff still > get mail if our web-based mail server goes down. Ensure for example that a > staff account can be notified that our public mail server is down. So I'm > trying to avoid a catch-22 type situation. > > My first stab a Solution is to use a backup mx server and do the following. > > > [third party backup mx for xxx.com ] forwards mail to xxx.net > > [our mail server xxx.com] > [mails sent to staff accounts forward to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [office mail server say xxx.net ] > > [all non staff (web site users) mail queued for xxx.com ] > > [all staff mail remains on xxx.net ] > [all staff mail sent from xxx.com ] > > > Am I making life difficult for myself??? > Any better solution? > > Thanks wg > ==^======================================================= This list server is Powered by iMS "The Swiss Army Knife of Mail Servers" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as a free service. Although we will try to address issues in a timely manner, support via this list is not guaranteed. If you require expedited support then a support contract is required. Support may be purchased from http://www.coolfusion.com/commerce. Details regarding support options may be reviewed at: http://www.coolfusion.com/SupportOptions.cfm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave this list please complete the form at http://www.coolfusion.com/Support/ Need an iMS Developer license? Sign up for a free license here: http://www.coolfusion.com/Developers/ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/infusion-email%40eoscape.com/ Note: You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^=======================================================
