This is one of those scenarios with strange requirements from a client: There are two Forests that don't want to have anything to do with each other but they want to share the same SMTP address which belongs to the first Forest. However the two Forests belong to the same company and they are OK with sharing the SMTP address space. = FOREST-A.COM Running AD 2003 and Exchange 2003 Exchange Org in this Forest has the Ownership of this "FOREST-A.COM" SMTP address with about 200 mailboxes. = FOREST-B.COM Running AD 2003 and Exchange 2003. This Exchange Org doesn't have the ownership of FOREST-A.COM SMTP address space. "We have 800 users in this Forest that need to use the SMTP address space of 'FOREST-A.COM' but use the FOREST-B.COM Exchange ORG as their mailbox server" There is some politics going on and these two Forests want to have no technical TRUST or any other type of integration such as using one as the Exchange resource forest or ... They are currently looking into an email Gateway Appliance Box to handle inbound mail distribution but I am not even sure if they can find solution in this area. *Questions - I don't blame you if you don't answer this scenario:) How do you share one SMTP address between two Exchange Forests? keep in mind that these two Forests want to have nothing to do with each other. Can Front-end SMTP server help in this scenario? Any recommendation? Thanks in advance, Bruno
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315511 -- Bharat Suneja MCSE, MCT www.zenprise.com blog: www.suneja.com/blog ----------------------------------- "Bruno Nemani" wrote in message news:uQf7LmMgGHA.4976@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > This is one of those scenarios with strange requirements from a client: > > There are two Forests that don't want to have anything to do with each > other but they want to share the same SMTP address which belongs to the > first Forest. However the two Forests belong to the same company and they > are OK with sharing the SMTP address space. > > = > FOREST-A.COM > Running AD 2003 and Exchange 2003 > Exchange Org in this Forest has the Ownership of this "FOREST-A.COM" SMTP > address with about 200 mailboxes. > > = > FOREST-B.COM > Running AD 2003 and Exchange 2003. This Exchange Org doesn't have the > ownership of FOREST-A.COM SMTP address space. > "We have 800 users in this Forest that need to use the SMTP address space > of 'FOREST-A.COM' but use the FOREST-B.COM Exchange ORG as their mailbox > server" > > There is some politics going on and these two Forests want to have no > technical TRUST or any other type of integration such as using one as the > Exchange resource forest or ... > > They are currently looking into an email Gateway Appliance Box to handle > inbound mail distribution but I am not even sure if they can find solution > in this area. > > > *Questions - I don't blame you if you don't answer this scenario:) > > How do you share one SMTP address between two Exchange Forests? keep in > mind that these two Forests want to have nothing to do with each other. > Can Front-end SMTP server help in this scenario? > Any recommendation? > > > Thanks in advance, > Bruno >
Thanks "very much" Bharat.... this is just what I needed. Bruno "Bharat Suneja" wrote in message news:OC4hI2NgGHA.4080@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315511 > > -- > Bharat Suneja > MCSE, MCT > www.zenprise.com > blog: www.suneja.com/blog > ----------------------------------- > > > "Bruno Nemani" wrote in message > news:uQf7LmMgGHA.4976@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> This is one of those scenarios with strange requirements from a client: >> >> There are two Forests that don't want to have anything to do with each >> other but they want to share the same SMTP address which belongs to the >> first Forest. However the two Forests belong to the same company and they >> are OK with sharing the SMTP address space. >> >> = >> FOREST-A.COM >> Running AD 2003 and Exchange 2003 >> Exchange Org in this Forest has the Ownership of this "FOREST-A.COM" SMTP >> address with about 200 mailboxes. >> >> = >> FOREST-B.COM >> Running AD 2003 and Exchange 2003. This Exchange Org doesn't have the >> ownership of FOREST-A.COM SMTP address space. >> "We have 800 users in this Forest that need to use the SMTP address space >> of 'FOREST-A.COM' but use the FOREST-B.COM Exchange ORG as their mailbox >> server" >> >> There is some politics going on and these two Forests want to have no >> technical TRUST or any other type of integration such as using one as the >> Exchange resource forest or ... >> >> They are currently looking into an email Gateway Appliance Box to handle >> inbound mail distribution but I am not even sure if they can find >> solution in this area. >> >> >> *Questions - I don't blame you if you don't answer this scenario:) >> >> How do you share one SMTP address between two Exchange Forests? keep in >> mind that these two Forests want to have nothing to do with each other. >> Can Front-end SMTP server help in this scenario? >> Any recommendation? >> >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Bruno >> > >
