sendmail to qmail queue transfer
Dear All I have two mailq's, the primary is running sendmail v8 the secondary isrunning qmail 1.03.I have just finished configuring a replacement for the new primary whichwill also be running qmail 1.03. Where I need advice is how best to make the swap and how best to flush the queue on the old box into the new.I had thought of the following;1:) drop the queue lifetime down on the primary sendmail boxto nearing 72hrs (shorter than the RFC advised 120 hrs) to keep the queue assmall as possible.2:) remove the primary mailq, domain mail would then take the next best mxpref and head for the secondary mailq and queue their.3:) reconfig the old primary (sendmail) with a temporary hostname and IP onthe server network.4:) install the new primary mailq (qmail) which of course would startaccepting mail the moment the smtpd daemon is up.NOW the bit thats bothering me.5:) would the secondary after 60 mins (or send qmail-send an svc -a alarm) then deliver its queue back to the new mailq as it has a lower mx?6:) would the old reconfigured sendmail also deliver its queue to the newmailq as DNS would give that as the lowest mx pref. All assume the final destination is a MTA on a dial up.Many thanks in advance. Mike[EMAIL PROTECTED]
sendmail to qmail queue transfer (txt)
Dear All I have two mailq's, the primary is running sendmail v8 the secondary is running qmail 1.03. I have just finished configuring a replacement for the new primary which will also be running qmail 1.03. Where I need advice is how best to make the swap and how best to flush the queue on the old box into the new. I had thought of the following; 1:) drop the queue lifetime down on the primary sendmail box to nearing 72hrs (shorter than the RFC advised 120 hrs) to keep the queue as small as possible. 2:) remove the primary mailq, domain mail would then take the next best mx pref and head for the secondary mailq and queue their. 3:) reconfig the old primary (sendmail) with a temporary hostname and IP on the server network. 4:) install the new primary mailq (qmail) which of course would start accepting mail the moment the smtpd daemon is up. NOW the bit thats bothering me. 5:) would the secondary after 60 mins (or send qmail-send an svc -a alarm) then deliver its queue back to the new mailq as it has a lower mx? 6:) would the old reconfigured sendmail also deliver its queue to the new mailq as DNS would give that as the lowest mx pref. All assume the final destination is a MTA on a dial up. Many thanks in advance. Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sendmail to qmail queue transfer
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 10:38:37PM -, Mike Kirk wrote: > Dear All > > I have two mailq's, the primary is running sendmail v8 the secondary is > running qmail 1.03. > I have just finished configuring a replacement for the new primary which > will also be running qmail 1.03. > Where I need advice is how best to make the swap and how best to flush the > queue on the old box into the new. Easy. Set the qmail box as the default smtproute (Smart Relay) of the sendmail server. Then flush the queue. RC -- +--- | Ricardo Cerqueira | PGP Key fingerprint - B7 05 13 CE 48 0A BF 1E 87 21 83 DB 28 DE 03 42 | Novis Telecom - Engenharia ISP / Rede Técnica | Pç. Duque Saldanha, 1, 7º E / 1050-094 Lisboa / Portugal | Tel: +351 2 1010 - Fax: +351 2 1010 4459 PGP signature
