Re: Configuring a "Store-and-Forward" backup qmail server

2000-08-07 Thread John White
On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 02:53:36PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Just put the domains in rcpthosts and either have a single all domains > entry or define the specific domains which must be forwarded in the > smtproutes file. This way, the qmail box becomes the main MX where all mail > go

Re: Configuring a "Store-and-Forward" backup qmail server

2000-08-07 Thread pgregg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Charles Roten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I'm trying to set up a redundant "store-and-forward" mail server. | This box will reside much farther towards our network periphery | than the present Exchange server we are currently using. We will | set up a *seconda

Re: Configuring a "Store-and-Forward" backup qmail server

2000-08-03 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
James R Grinter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 4 August 2000 at 00:22:25 +0100 > Charles Roten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What I need is a configuration such that *all* emails coming into > > the foo.com domain will be stored and, once the network link to > > the primary server is back u

Re: Configuring a "Store-and-Forward" backup qmail server

2000-08-03 Thread James R Grinter
James Raftery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If one week is too short, put the number of seconds after which messages > should bounce in control/queuelifetime. > > This is standard configuration for a backup MX. [I wibbled on about maildir2smtp] James's advice is, of course, far more appropriate

Re: Configuring a "Store-and-Forward" backup qmail server

2000-08-03 Thread James R Grinter
Charles Roten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What I need is a configuration such that *all* emails coming into > the foo.com domain will be stored and, once the network link to > the primary server is back up, will be forwarded. There doesn't > seem to be any information at http://www.qmail.org

Re: Configuring a "Store-and-Forward" backup qmail server

2000-08-03 Thread James Raftery
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 02:03:32PM -0700, Charles Roten wrote: > than the present Exchange server we are currently using. We will > set up a *secondary* MX record for it in DNS, so mail will only > go to it if the primary is unavailable. If we lose a critical > internal network node for, say,

Configuring a "Store-and-Forward" backup qmail server

2000-08-03 Thread Charles Roten
I'm trying to set up a redundant "store-and-forward" mail server. This box will reside much farther towards our network periphery than the present Exchange server we are currently using. We will set up a *secondary* MX record for it in DNS, so mail will only go to it if the primary is unava