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SMTP Backup MX Server with individual email accounts

I am trying to set up a backup email solution for my Exchange 2003 Server with 25 users. I have MailEnable email Server setup on a second server with the backup SMTP MX record setup correctly. It works fine, however I want individual users to be able to login there to get there email in the event my Exchange Server is down. I would like them to be able to use the web based interface of MailEnable.

As soon as I give an individual user an account on the MailEnable server any emails received by MailEnable while Exchange is off line do not get delivered when Exchange comes back on line.

I know that I can do this with POP3 but I don't want to do that because I don't want to have to manage the individual passwords on the POP3Connector of Exchange and on MailEnable individual accounts. In general I don't like the POP3Connector and don't want to use it.

I don't want to use a second Exchange Server because I don't want to buy a server, OS, Exchange, CALs just for this.

Acutally I would like to use Linux and qMail for this so I don't have to buy anything.

Is what I am trying to do possible with SMTP only on a single Exchange Server?

Thanks,

Byron

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MikeeMiracle

The main issue is your need to be able to logon to the backup mail server. If you remove this need then it's a far simpler setup. A SMTP relay would be your best bet as gdekhayser mentions. This gives you time to recover the exchange server without loosing any e-mails, they are just delayed until you get the exchange server back up again.

The cluster is a high availability solution, but also has a price tag to match which I assume your company is unable to afford being a small company. Also it would be cheaper just to add the second exchange server with a recovery storage group. This would require intervention from yourself when it fails, but would be a cheaper option.

byronleonard

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So I quess the best way is with POP3 and by using a connector such as POPBeamer. Can you recommend another POP3 Connector for Exchange??