Configuring Additional Server Services
In addition to basic Exchange servers that host mailboxes for user email accounts, there are other Exchange Server 2003 services that can be configured:
Bridgehead servers
Front-end servers
Public folder servers
SMTP mail routing servers
Installing a Bridgehead Server
A bridgehead server is a routing server that accepts mail from another server and then distributes the mail to the next server in the route. Similar to the hub-and-spoke system used by airlines to prevent having to fly nonstop flights to and from every single city around the world, the bridgehead server minimizes the site-to-site direct-traffic flow by focusing mail between bridgehead servers.
Many times administrators with high-speed WAN bandwidth ...
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