Dir-Sync w/Many Computers Running Exchange Server, MS Mail POs

• Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0

SUMMARY

This article is a "how to" that applies to MS Mail directory synchronization (dir-sync) when the dir-sync server is a computer running Microsoft Exchange Server and other computers running Microsoft Exchange Server are servicing other MS Mail postoffices.

MORE INFORMATION

In this example there are two MS Mail postoffices(PO1 and PO2) and two computers running Microsoft Exchange Server (X1 and X2). Each MS Mail postoffice being serviced by a single computer running Microsoft Exchange Server over the MS Mail Connector service. Configure as follows: PO1 configured as direct to X1 and X1 configured as direct to PO1. PO2 configured as direct to X2 and X2 configured as direct to PO2.

1. Configure the MS Mail Connector to communicate with MS Mail postoffices(X1 to PO1 and X2 to PO2).

2. PO1 to X2(shadow PO) via X1(shadow PO), PO1 to PO2 via X1(shadow PO).

3. PO2 to X1(shadow PO) via X2(shadow PO), PO2 to PO1 via X2(shadow PO).

4. Create a new Custom Recipients container(call it something like MSMail Recipients).

1. Create a Site Connector between X1 and X2.

2. Create a Directory Replication Connector between X1 and X2--allow time for replication, which this may take several minutes.

3. On the File menu, click New Custom Recipient, and click Microsoft Mail Address. Type Network/PostOffice and a user name of $system for every MS Mail postoffice not being serviced directly by the directory synchronization server(all are being serviced via MS Mail Connector on X2 Microsoft Exchange server in this example).

4. Create a Directory Synchronization Server: on the File menu, click New Other, and click Directory Synchronization Server.

5. Create Directory Synchronization requesters: on the File Menu, click New Other, and click Remote Dir-Sync Requestor. The direct defined postoffices will be listed. Select each entry listed (each MS Mail postoffice that will participate in dir-sync). This will need to be done with every MS Mail postoffice requestor.

From the Microsoft Exchange Administrator Program on the computer running Microsoft Exchange Server, which will be the Directory Synchronization Server:

1. On the File menu, click New Other and click Remote Dir-Sync Requestor.

       Select <non msmail requestor>, click the Dir-Sync Address tab and pick
       the custom recipient network/postoffice/$system (the custom recipient
       created in step 4 above (this must be done for every non-serviced MS
       Mail requestor).
   

2. Start the Microsoft Exchange Directory Synchronization service and the

       MS Mail Connector service. Stop and restart the Microsoft Exchange
       Message Transfer Agent service(on both computers running Microsoft
       Exchange Servers), as well as any MTA services that were created when
       defining the MS Mail postoffices that are serviced by the Directory
       Synchronization server.