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We'd like to create an Exchange Server 2003 fail-over as best as possible, with an off-site server.<br />
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Perhaps failing over to another Exchange Server, or a POP3 server.<br />
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The most important thing is for people around the world to continue using their mail server in case of problems where the server is hosted. &nbsp;<br />
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I checked into some failover solutions, but it seems like the packaged software service ones cost around $12,000 a year.<br />
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Does anyone have some wizardly ideas on the best way to do this? &nbsp;We have a server 
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We'd like to create an Exchange Server 2003 fail-over as best as possible, with an off-site server.

Perhaps failing over to another Exchange Server, or a POP3 server.

The most important thing is for people around the world to continue using their mail server in case of problems where the server is hosted.  

I checked into some failover solutions, but it seems like the packaged software service ones cost around $12,000 a year.

Does anyone have some wizardly ideas on the best way to do this?  We have a server 

Best way to make an Exchange 2003 Failover with another Server/software.

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

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