----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 2:08
AM
Subject: [VOPmail Beta] backup email
server
Hi Petar,
Ok in the below senario:
___________________________________________________________________________
(
INTERNET
)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
(your
domain1)
(partners domain2)
/
\
/ \
spool---main#1
backup#1---spool spool---main#2
backup#2---spool
\ / \ /
mailstorage#1
mailstorage#2
NOW, Accepting mail on a backup for your domain
is quite simple as the backup is configured relatively the same as the
primary, when a user receives mail, no matter which server it connects to
he/she will retreive their mail as the mail always resides on the same mail
storage
HOWEVER, in your senario, domain1 will be a
backup for domain2. therefore if we say accept mail for relay to
domain2.com domain, since we do not share the same mailstorage area
for all our users we must create a forced route to domain2. Hence
the C).
Unless I misunderstood your initial e-mail I
believe this is what you want.
SUMMARY:
- Two domains
- Each with main and backup
servers
- Wanting to be
redundant/fallback for each other meaning if domain1's servers are
down,
domain2 will be able to accept
the mail.
In such a case each domain must have a forced
route to the other to ensure that the mail is dealt
with correctly.
Thank you
-
--
Charles Akkerman
Vircom Technical Support
Phone: (514)
990-2532
Email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:34
PM
Subject: [VOPmail Beta] backup email
server
Charles,
Why is C) required? I have backup mail working fine with
just
A) and B). Other mail servers we run also do not require
a
forced route entered anywhere.
Kirk,
If you peer with anyone then I suggest your offer to
secondary
for someone else and have them secondary for you in
return.
This is a good policy that could also include secondary
DNS
which would give your operation more uptime in event of
an
network crashing accident.
..Petar
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 9:49
PM
Subject: [VOPmail Beta] backup email
server
Helo Kirk,
Yes, you can setup each others vopmails as
fallbacks. All that is required of you is:
A) an MX
record.
B) 'accept mail
to these domains' under security must have the partners domains
therein.
C) A
forced route must than be created under ROUTES.
NOTE: The following must be remembered/taken
in consideration:
D) The relaying server
will be more suseptible to scan attacks since it will accept 'all' msg to
@domain.com.
E) FYI:
Ensure that both servers can handle the extra load
(HARDWARE).
Thank you
Charles Akkerman
Vircom Technical Support
Phone: (514)
990-2532
Email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 4:38
PM
Subject: [VOPmail Beta] backup email
server
> * This is the vopmailbeta mailing list *
>
>
> Can a standard version of VOP be used for the backup
relay? I have a
> business partner who is also running VOP. Would we
be able to set up POs
> on our systems for each other with a lower
priority MX and become backup
> for each other?
>
>
Kirk
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jim
Barstow
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 11:14 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Subject: [VOPmail Beta] backup email server
>
>
> *
This is the vopmailbeta mailing list *
>
>
> You would
probably just want to use a modusGate or VOPMail Relay version
> to
setup on an alternate server (other network) and just set a forced
>
route for * to send all mail to your primary server. Make this
your
> lower priority (higher number) mx record in DNS so if your
primary is
> offline, this server will queue mail for delivery to
your primary when
> its back online.
>
>
> Jim
Barstow
> Internet Network Engineer
> Local Internet Services,
Inc.
> PO Box 160
> Ludington, MI 49431
> (231)845-9797
ext. 109
>
>
>
>
>
>
-----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John
Blue
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 2:10 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Subject: [VOPmail Beta] backup email server
>
>
> *
This is the vopmailbeta mailing list *
>
>
> Hey guys
..
>
> I am to the point now where I need to start thinking
about a secondary
> backup email server running on another
network.
>
> What setup would be the best scenario?
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
John
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