Currently we have two sites, one in California [westcoast.com] and the other in Boston [eastcoast.com]. Our corporate e-mail domain is mycompany.com and each location has an Exchange server and is connected via a site connector and a directory replication connector.
Corporate e-mail works between both sites we can send and receive email to any address
in the GAL.
Both sites have external SMTP servers however the Boston SMTP server is configured with an alias table. When e-mail is send to USER1@mycompany.com [this users mail box resides on the Exchange server in California] it is compared to the alias table if a match if found example: [USER1: USER1@westcoast.com] then the e-mail would be redirected to the SMTP server for westcoast.com then delivered to the exchange server. Mail for USER2@mycompany.com whose mail box resides on the Boston Exchange server passes right through and is delivered.
I created a mail box on the California Exchange server and entered the following as the SMTP address smtptest@mycompany.com. When mail is sent to this address the Exchange server in Boston bounces the mail and an undeliverable error is sent to the sender: The recipient name is not recognized, bla bla bla…
QUESTION
How can I get both Exchange servers to accept mail sent to @mycompany.com if half the users reside on the Exchange server in California and the rest in Boston? I want to have e-mail arrive at either site and delivered to the user’s mail box regardless of their location.
I am self taught in Exchange so I do not know that much and I hope this make sense.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
--Ingo
Corporate e-mail works between both sites we can send and receive email to any address
in the GAL.
Both sites have external SMTP servers however the Boston SMTP server is configured with an alias table. When e-mail is send to USER1@mycompany.com [this users mail box resides on the Exchange server in California] it is compared to the alias table if a match if found example: [USER1: USER1@westcoast.com] then the e-mail would be redirected to the SMTP server for westcoast.com then delivered to the exchange server. Mail for USER2@mycompany.com whose mail box resides on the Boston Exchange server passes right through and is delivered.
I created a mail box on the California Exchange server and entered the following as the SMTP address smtptest@mycompany.com. When mail is sent to this address the Exchange server in Boston bounces the mail and an undeliverable error is sent to the sender: The recipient name is not recognized, bla bla bla…
QUESTION
How can I get both Exchange servers to accept mail sent to @mycompany.com if half the users reside on the Exchange server in California and the rest in Boston? I want to have e-mail arrive at either site and delivered to the user’s mail box regardless of their location.
I am self taught in Exchange so I do not know that much and I hope this make sense.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
--Ingo