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Message Routing Administration

• Routing Group Planning

• Connecting Routing Groups

• Link Status Information

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Routing Group Planning

• Single routing groups

• Multiple routing groups

• Routing group topologies

• Managing routing groups

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Single Routing Group with Two Administrative Groups

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Multiple Routing Groups With a Wide Area Network (WAN) Link

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Hierarchical Routing Group

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Full-Mesh Routing Group Topology

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Mixed Routing Group Topology

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Connecting Routing Groups

• Routing Group Connector (RGC)

• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Connector

• X.400 Connector

• Previous Exchange connectors

• Connectors over dial-up connections

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The Routing Group Connector

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Configuring a Routing Group Connector

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The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Connector

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Configuring the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Connector

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The X.400 Connector

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Configuring the X.400 Connector

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Connector Considerations

• Microsoft Exchange 2000 servers can use connectors installed on Microsoft Exchange 5.5 servers.

• Exchange 5.5 servers can use connectors installed on Exchange 2000 servers.

• Exchange 2000 Server and RGC connect to Exchange Server 5.5 and site connector.

• Exchange 2000 Server and SMTP connector connect to Exchange Server 5.5 and Internet Mail Service (IMS).

• Dial-up connections are configured with the Microsoft Windows 2000 Routing and Remote Access Service.

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Link Status Information

• Message routing

• Link state information and routing group masters

• Message rerouting based on link state information

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Message Routing

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Connector Selection

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Determining Link Failure

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The Link State Table

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The Link State Algorithm (LSA)

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Message Rerouting Basedon Link State Information

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Chapter Summary

• Routing Group Planning

• Connecting Routing Groups

• Link Status Information