Temporary solution needed

I suppose leaving a dial-up box connected to the old frame relay is not an option either. If is it an option, it is an easy solution. Have your Exchange server dial in and ask for its original IP.

Start looking at business ISP's. You are looking for one which can buffer your site's email, and can handle a dial-up handoff to your exchange server. Once you get one, set your MX records in dns so that the ISP's machine has a higher number than yours.

Another option, if you can find an ISP who will give you a static IP dial in, you can just be dialed in at all times. Change the MX records to reflect the static IP.

Good luck.

Wow, you're in a bind because it's going to take at least 24-48 hours to propagate new DNS MX records for whatever solution you choose and that assumes you're already using an outside host for your DNS. It's also tough to get an ISP to buy into a solution that will only generate two weeks of revenue for them.

I think there are really only two viable options. One is to have an ISP host your e-mail for a couple of weeks and have your employees retrieve it by POP3 (or if you are running the Small Business Server version of Exchange, you can install the POP3 connector to retrieve the mail to the server itself by dialup access).

The second option would be to have the Exchange server hosted somewhere else with Internet access (co-locationfacility, colleague's company, someone's home with cable/DSL access) and your employees would access it with POP3 or Outlook Web Access (OWA).

I feel your pain - I've been in a similar situation myself. My solution was a small startup ISP that was willing to do ANYTHING that would generate revenue, even if it was short-lived.

paul

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