"Phantom" <becke...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> We still have an old 5.5 server with an x.400 connector and a
> directory replication connector. We've been utilizing an active
> directory connector, pulling addresses for users in other sites in the
> org, sites with different sub domain names (e.g.
> subsidiary.company.com). We have our ADC with connection agreements to
> our E2K3 SRS server.

> What would happen if we killed the X.400 and replication connectors on
> the 5.5 server? Would messages to the users in the other sites still
> seek out the X.400 connection and bounce back the messages to our
> users, or would the messages simply go out via our Internet
> connection? Would we need to remove all the disabled user accounts, or
> could we keep them?

> We really want to kill the 5.5 server and leave the disabled user
> accounts intact in our global address list (even though it will grow
> stale).

> Thanks.

> I've been around long enough to be familiar with what you're asking.  X.400
> connectors came in two varieites.  The X.400 site connector happened to be a
> better connector than the "regular" site connector in many situations.
> There was also a public X.400 connector that I never used.  I am surmising
> from the context of your question that you are using the X.400 site
> connector.  If you remove this site connector and have no other site
> connector, then you have no messaging path between your sites.  So, what you
> can do is replace the X.400 connector between your Exchange 5.5 sites with
> the "regular" site connector before you remove the X.400 site connectors.
> If I recall correctly, when you remove a directory replication connector,
> all the recipients added to your directory by that connector will disappear
> from the directory.

> If I recall correctly, if you remove an ADC connection agreement, the
> objects will remain in Active Directory.  You could test that by removing
> the CA and seeing what happens, knowing that you can restore the objects by
> recreating the CA.
> --
> Ed Crowley MVP
> "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
> .

> "Phantom" <becke...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:056ab86b-5e40-4c4d-9d19-7cc3f5b6d7dd@y10g2000prg.googlegroups.com...

> > We still have an old 5.5 server with an x.400 connector and a
> > directory replication connector. We've been utilizing an active
> > directory connector, pulling addresses for users in other sites in the
> > org, sites with different sub domain names (e.g.
> > subsidiary.company.com). We have our ADC with connection agreements to
> > our E2K3 SRS server.

> > What would happen if we killed the X.400 and replication connectors on
> > the 5.5 server? Would messages to the users in the other sites still
> > seek out the X.400 connection and bounce back the messages to our
> > users, or would the messages simply go out via our Internet
> > connection? Would we need to remove all the disabled user accounts, or
> > could we keep them?

> > We really want to kill the 5.5 server and leave the disabled user
> > accounts intact in our global address list (even though it will grow
> > stale).

> > Thanks.

"Phantom" <becke...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> I've been around long enough to be familiar with what you're asking. X.400
> connectors came in two varieites. The X.400 site connector happened to be
> a
> better connector than the "regular" site connector in many situations.
> There was also a public X.400 connector that I never used. I am surmising
> from the context of your question that you are using the X.400 site
> connector. If you remove this site connector and have no other site
> connector, then you have no messaging path between your sites. So, what
> you
> can do is replace the X.400 connector between your Exchange 5.5 sites with
> the "regular" site connector before you remove the X.400 site connectors.
> If I recall correctly, when you remove a directory replication connector,
> all the recipients added to your directory by that connector will
> disappear
> from the directory.

> If I recall correctly, if you remove an ADC connection agreement, the
> objects will remain in Active Directory. You could test that by removing
> the CA and seeing what happens, knowing that you can restore the objects
> by
> recreating the CA.
> --
> Ed Crowley MVP
> "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
> .

> "Phantom" <becke...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:056ab86b-5e40-4c4d-9d19-7cc3f5b6d7dd@y10g2000prg.googlegroups.com...

> > We still have an old 5.5 server with an x.400 connector and a
> > directory replication connector. We've been utilizing an active
> > directory connector, pulling addresses for users in other sites in the
> > org, sites with different sub domain names (e.g.
> > subsidiary.company.com). We have our ADC with connection agreements to
> > our E2K3 SRS server.

> > What would happen if we killed the X.400 and replication connectors on
> > the 5.5 server? Would messages to the users in the other sites still
> > seek out the X.400 connection and bounce back the messages to our
> > users, or would the messages simply go out via our Internet
> > connection? Would we need to remove all the disabled user accounts, or
> > could we keep them?

> > We really want to kill the 5.5 server and leave the disabled user
> > accounts intact in our global address list (even though it will grow
> > stale).

> > Thanks.