Thanks Jake. But the problem is, the primary server was not down. And why the local mail went to the secondary server even the primary server is alive. Please guide me.
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Jake Vickers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > senthil vel wrote: > > > Hi List, > I am having a client. At first his domain was in a server, in > which, send mail was running. > > if we put the command, host -t mx client.com, > it will show, > client.com mail is handled by 10 sendmail.one.com > client.com mail is handled by 20 sendmail.two.com > > Then we moved the domain client.com to qmail server which is having > qmail-toaster > now if we put host -t mx client.com, > > it will show > client.com mail is handled by 10 qmail.one.com > client.com mail is handled by 20 sendmail.two.com > > > Now the problem is, one mail from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > bounced. It is bounced from the server sendmail.two.com(Secondary MX) > telling that > > <<< 553 5.3.0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... nouser No such user > 550 5.1.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown > > Now i removed the secondary mx record. But this is not a solution. My > doubt is, Why a local mail is bounced from secondary server? > The user used outlook, so he may use old settings. Because the domain is > not completely deleted in the old server. But He is telling that few mails > to user2 only bouncing. Please Please clarify..... > > > The user cannot send emails through the secondary server unless the > accounts exist there. He will only be able to send emails through the server > that actually has his account. > If you want the secondary server to be a caching mail server for incoming > mail you just have to add the domain to the rcpthosts file - look at the > wiki, there's instructions on how to do this. > For both the primary and secondary servers to allow email to be sent > through them you'd need to set up a cluster type environment and I'd suggest > you hire one of the consultants listed in the wiki: > http://wiki.qmailtoaster.com/index.php/Main_Page#Additional_Resources > > -- Thanks and Regards, S.Senthilvel, Webindia Internet Services Chennai - 600 029, India.
