On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 03:59:26PM +0200, Paul Dekkers wrote:
> Is it possible to keep two mail-servers in sync, just in case one fails?
>
> I thought maybe it was possible with normal mailfiles and rsync or
> something, but when the mail is delivered to server1 and at the same time
> at server2 there is no rsync or rdist possible to keep both the messages I
> think. And with maildirectories it isn't possible either; if one mailfile
> is deleted on one host, the other one sends it back later because it
> wasn't available anymore... (And I want people to be able to pop from both
> servers, and I want mail to be delivered to both servers...)
qmail is not designed for this. Look into a distributed network
filesystem, such as AFS, or write your own programs for .qmail to
distribute incoming messages to both servers.
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