As much as I was and still am against it for our Exchange environment, there is a product called Double Take that may very well work for this. It basically duplicates the server on a backup, including host name and IP. In the event the primary server fails, the Double Take server will assume the role of the primary and nothing at all will change.
Herschel Jones Email Systems Administrator - MIS Boral Industries 706-821-3684 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Perez Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ipswitch. Com Subject: [IMail Forum] Failover email server Can someone explain the concept of a backup email server. I guess my question is, what happens if one fails or high workloads? What can be done to the mail boxes to be redundant. Would it require a email gateway? What needs to be done to the DNS? What happens to clients POP settings? This project is way over my head. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
