lol... sry, should've mentioned that. I do have the mx records setup correclty. I did the setup many months ago and only a few days ago one of the servers lost all connection (someone put a shovel in the wrong place digging for gold, i guess) and noticed lots of mail getting and ERELAY on the other server.
Tjeerd Makel wrote: >> I am maintaining servers for several different organizations at >> different physical locations. I would like to setup the servers so that >> if the network access to "@company1.org" is lost (due to hardware >> failure, for example), all mail for "company1.org" will be sent to >> "company2.org" where it will be frozen until the "company1.org" server >> come back online and mail can be delivered. >> >> Currently, I have "company1.org" and "company2.org" in the domains.tab >> for both servers. On the company1 server, I have smtpfwd.tab to point >> mail for "company2.org" to "mail.company2.org", and vice-versa on >> company2 server. >> >> So far, it doesn't seem to be working. >> >> Is what I'm trying to do possible, or will that mail be dropped when >> connection is unavailable? >> Is there another tab-file that needs editing? >> Would it require a filter to do? >> >> Thanks for your help. >> > > Dear Jayson, > > Did you add an extra MX-record for each domain? For example : > > For "company1.org" : > MX PRI 10 mail.company1.org --> Should be already there... > MX PRI 50 mail.company2.org --> To be added (backup-mx). > > For "company2.org" : > MX PRI 10 mail.company2.org --> Should be already there... > MX PRI 50 mail.company1.org --> To be added (backup-mx). > > Yours, > > Tjeerd > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
