Sounds like an opportunity for a small GNATBOX SMTP proxy improvement. Since it won't/can't store and forward, it should reject the inbound connection request when it doesn't have connectivity to the internal mail server.
Dave Morris On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Paul Welsh wrote: > Does anyone know if I can ensure that if our electricy supply goes down and > back up again, the gb-1000 *doesn't* come back up, either using the gb-1000 > user interface or by configuring a low level model APC UPS? > > If you're interested, here's the background: > > Every so often we have scheduled power outages, eg, annual testing of the > building's power supply. We have another potential one this weekend. > > Our gb-100 doesn't have a UPS attached. In the past, I've either shut it > down and turned it off or just let it go down and back up with the power. > > This weekend, there is only a low probablility of a power outage, so I'm not > inclined to turn off the gb-1000. However, if there is a power cut, the > gb-1000 comes back online and tries to relay mail (we use the mail proxy > service) to an internal mail server. If the internal mail server hasn't > come back online after a graceful UPS shutdown, the gb-1000 tends to bounce > incoming mail back to the sender, ie, it doesn't do store and forward. > > One way around this is to ensure that our mail server *does* come back > online after a UPS shutdown and I'm working on this. The other option is to > prevent the gb-1000 coming back online after a power interruption. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
