Localized mail servers, global scope

Thu Jun 23 08:51:43 UTC 2005

> > 3.  Change company policy to reflect names like 
xx.yy at us.groupname.com,
> > xx.yy at uk.groupname.com, etc, where DNS would resolve to the correct 
server.
> > Doesn't give corporate the "email image" they are after.

> unfortunately, all public routing to email servers is based only on 
domain
> names, so the domain name has to contain differential information if
> differential routing is needed.

In his case, it sounds like he actually has a business case
for solution 3 above. It only requires putting a dollar figure
on the cost of losing the partner relationship and some risk
percentages based on his own company being unreliable and a 
pain in the rear to work with. That should allow him to set
up the infrastructure which allows critical workers (such
as engineers exchanging CAD files) to use the region-specific
addresses.

--Michael Dillon