Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-14 Thread Mike Cathey
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 4:15 AM Subject: Re: backup mail server help On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:33:49PM -0700, Hank Wethington wrote: What I'd like to accomplish is if Server A is unavailable, then mail goes to server B. Once A is back up

Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-14 Thread Adam Jacob
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 06:03:41AM -0600, Jeff Palmer wrote: And if your NFS server goes down, both servers are useless. In which case, what was the point of having a backup server again? Which is why you deploy this with something like a NetApp filer, that lets you deliver to NFS, and

Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-14 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 12:42:28PM -0700, Adam Jacob wrote: On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 06:03:41AM -0600, Jeff Palmer wrote: And if your NFS server goes down, both servers are useless. In which case, what was the point of having a backup server again? Which is why you deploy this with

Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-13 Thread Joe
: Henning Brauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 4:15 AM Subject: Re: backup mail server help On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:33:49PM -0700, Hank Wethington wrote: What I'd like to accomplish is if Server A is unavailable, then mail goes to server B. Once

Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-13 Thread Jeff Palmer
: Re: backup mail server help On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:33:49PM -0700, Hank Wethington wrote: What I'd like to accomplish is if Server A is unavailable, then mail goes to server B. Once A is back up, server B sends the mail back to server A. Does On server B, add all domains

backup mail server help

2001-06-08 Thread Hank Wethington
I think my mind is unstable from trying to figure this out on my own. I've got a main mail server (FreeBSD 4.3/qmail 1.03/vpop/sweb/imap/blah blah blah) and a second on a separate network (RH Linux 6.2/qmail 1.03/qmail-pop3d). What I'd like to accomplish is if Server A is unavailable, then mail

Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-08 Thread Henning Brauer
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:33:49PM -0700, Hank Wethington wrote: What I'd like to accomplish is if Server A is unavailable, then mail goes to server B. Once A is back up, server B sends the mail back to server A. Does On server B, add all domains in question to rcpthosts, but NOT to locals or

RE: backup mail server help

2001-06-08 Thread Willy De la Court
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hank, on the backup just put the domains in rcpthosts file NOT in locals and NOT in virtualdomains this will effectively configure the backup mail server to accept mail and try to deliver it to the primary. Make sure your dns records are correct.

Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-08 Thread Charles Cazabon
Hank Wethington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I'd like to accomplish is if Server A is unavailable, then mail goes to server B. Once A is back up, server B sends the mail back to server A. Okay. Does this make sense? Eminent sense. I know about the MX records in DNS, but how do I make