This what I tried some time ago. On the backup server (company2.org), create a customdomain tab for company1.org
Filename: MailRoot/custdomains/company1.org.tab content: "smtprelay"<tab>"mail.company1.org"<newline> It worked for me... Yours, Tjeerd > 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 th= at >>> 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" serve= r >>> come back online and mail can be delivered. >>> >>> Currently, I have "company1.org" and "company2.org" in the domains.ta= b >>> 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] > > - 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]
