in your case i think that is more easy to use clustering
option of qmail-ldap
--- Narayanamoorthy Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi List,
> I want to setup following scenario.
>
> 1. Our office has two branches connected to Internet with
> static IP.
> 2. DNS are configured properly.
> 3. Each location will have one LDAP server and one qmail
> server.
> 4. LDAP servers between branches will be linked.
> 5. Requirement: local mails and remote mails should work
> fine when
> connectivity is up and local mails should work and remote
> mails should
> go to local queue if connecivity is down.
>
> I have configured LDAP in following way (fedora directory
> server) with
> smart referral.
>
> Server A
>
> basedn/root suffix: dc=example,dc=com
> subsuffix: ou=chennai,dc=example,dc=com with local
> database
> subsuffix: ou=mumbai,dc=example,dc=com with smart
> referral to Server
> A's ou=chennai branch
>
> Server B
>
> Vice versa in server B
>
> LDAP queries (ldapsearch) working fine from both
> branches. And if
> connecty is down only local record is displayed and for
> remote records
> "time out" error occurs.
>
> Qmail Configuration (in both brances)
>
> ldapbasedn: dc=example,dc=com
> ldaplogin: (local manager)
> ldapserver: 127.0.0.1
>
> when connectivity is fine, mails are going properly
> between branches.
> But when connecvitiy is down, local mails getting
> delivered fine and
> remote mails getting bounced saying "no such user".
>
> How to get off the situtation.
>
> Hope I have explained the situtation clearly.
>
> TIA
> Moorthy
>
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