what I do with our mail issue in CF is the following: 1. All mail gets plugged to a network attached storage appliance 2. All SMTP servers access this shared space and utilize their own locking system so they don't step on each other
CFADVANCEDMAIL is worth checking out... it has a direct to file system specification compliance writing mechanism so it can dump directly to your spool... If your spool area is shared disk, then having multiple SMTP suckers that all smell and work the same would work well.. and if one goes away it won't matter... Now if you want redundancy for IMAP/POP3 pickup thats a whole different discussion :) Paris Lundis Founder Areaindex, L.L.C. http://www.areaindex.com http://www.pubcrawler.com 412-292-3135 [finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present] [connecting people, places and things] -----Original Message----- From: "Turetsky, Seth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:28:27 +0100 Subject: cfmail and smtp load balancing > What would be the easiest way to get cfmail to use multiple smtp > servers, either if one goes down or for load balancing? Is this even > possible, maybe using an MX record with multiple smtp servers or > something? > I've read about a custom mail tag that can supposedly do it, > ActivMail, is this the only way to go? Anyone have any experience > with it? > > thanks, > seth > > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain > sensitive and private proprietary or legally privileged information. > No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any > mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient, please > immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy > any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly > or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of > this message if you are not the intended recipient. CREDIT SUISSE > GROUP and each legal entity in the CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON or > CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT business units of CREDIT SUISSE FIRST > BOSTON reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through > its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the > individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the > sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such > entity. > Unless otherwise stated, any pricing information given in this > message is indicative only, is subject to change and does not > constitute an offer to deal at any price quoted. Any reference to the > terms of executed transactions should be treated as preliminary only > and subject to our formal written confirmation. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
