>I've read Len's website on setting up a >FreeBSD-based ETRN servers when the current >mail server is down.
hmm, ETRN is not for "down" servers, but for servers that are not always on-line, say on dial-up lines. >However, I'd like to build a backup MX server >but running on Windows 2000. Note that backup MX service is not the same at ETRN service the SMTP service in W2K should be able to do backkup MX, from what I hear, but be careful that you can set it up as controled relay. >Can anyone recommend on a solution? Free >or shareware is fine. free on W2K, MS smtp svc, and there is http://www.pmail.com/. >I'd also like to confirm that the purpose of >ETRN server is to "collect mail for the downed >server", and when the "downed server" gets up, >it *immediately* gets back everything from the >ETRN ? no, ETRN is for mail servers that aren't on-line full time. The ETRN server is connected full time and stores the mail for the off-line server. When the off-line server connects, it issues a ETRN command to the on-line server to request all its pending mail. >MUST the operating mailserver have a feature >that says "ETRN supported" before I can embark >on such a setup? yes, it must recognize the ETRN command that will come from the off-line server. > Does IMail and Mailmax have >such a feature? Imail, yes. Mailmax, probably. Len http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND 8.2.4 for NT4 & W2K http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
