----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 9:35 PM
Subject: [VOPmail Beta] backup email
server
As I said Charles, maybe what you suggest is required in
theory because
I have a few systems running /without/ the forced route and
they regular
spool mail for each other when machine are taken offline for
maintenance.
Our systems have have each other listed as MX backups and
each one will
accept mail for spooling when the primary mx is offline with
the equiv
of accecpt for relay but I use /no/ forced routes or other
directives
to cause mail re-delivery.
----- 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:
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jim
Barstow
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 11:14 AM
> To:
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Subject: [VOPmail Beta] backup email server
>
>
> *
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>
>
> 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
>
>
> *
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>
>
> 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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