Magdy--
There is no easy or cheap way to do this. This problem has been
discussed from time to time on the list, but it really is not an IMail
problem :-) IMail does not do peering in this sense of the word. You
have two choices: (1) be prepared to restore system, registry, and
mailboxes from a backup tape to a new server in case of disaster. (2)
Use third-party software/hardware to "mirror" the entire IMail server on
a second unit. IMail will not make a switchover if the server goes
down--you'll have to do that on your own, presumably changing the IP
address of the new box to that of the old so your clients and the
outside world won't notice the switch. I have not spent any efforts
determining how this might be done, trusting in option (1) myself. It's
more of an NT or router question for option (2).
--
--Cal Frye, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
Magdy Hossein wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I sent this mail before now. I didnot receive practical solution for my problem.
> the case was:
> I am an ISP System Administrator, I used Imail v. 6.0 on our Primary mail server
>which serve more than 7500 users. Now I need to make a backup mail server for the
>primary server to avoid the problems if the primary failed. "the backup must contain
>all users and there mails.
> Please help me soon.
>
> Magdy H. Ibrahim
> Purenet Internetworking
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