Re: Is this a reason?



Peter <Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Today, T1 at ABC site is down and we can receive inbound emails through T1
at XYZ site but we can not send emails out. When I check the routing group
connector, I found out that routing group connector between RG1 and RG2 has
cost 1 and routing group connector between RG2 and RG3 has cost 20. So, I
chnaged
routing group connector between RG2 and RG3 cost to 1 and routing group
connector between RG1 and RG2 to 20. Do you know WHETHER this is a reason
why mails did not route through T1 at XYZ site?

I want to route mails automatically in case T1 at ABC site or T1 at XYZ site
is down? How can I achieve this? any suggestions or recommendations are
welcomed!

Outbound mail is going to use either the nearest SMTP Virtual Server,
or the SMTP Virtual Server(s) in a SMTP Connector.

It sounds like you need to create a SMTP Connector, give it an Address
Space of "*" and put into the "Local Bridgeheads" the SMTP Virtual
Server at the location that still had Internet connectivity. That
*should* cause all the messages enqueued on the virtual servers to be
delivered to the bridgehead. If that doesn't happen in a reasonable
time (say, 15 minutes) you may have to force a recategorization of the
mail on each server.

Add the registry value by following the instructions here:
XCON: Adding a Registry Key to Re-Categorize Messages [279616]

**** NOTE: DO NOT REINSTALL EXCHANGE!!! You only have to restart the
SMTP service after making the change to the registry.

You don't have to remove the value after you're finished. Just change
the value from "1" to "0".

--
Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
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