Thanks Darin! Todd
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darin Cox Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 11:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Outsourcing Backup mail services True. Basic registry copy without manipulation creates a standby server. However, a simple script could be created to modify that info to be an active backup MX, spooling for the primary. The mail servers do not have to be the same. The "sync" process that is developed would handle the specifics, e.g. Sandy's exchange-to-aliases tool. Darin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Richards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 11:46 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Outsourcing Backup mail services If you "sync" your primary and backup by syncing the Imail registry settings, doesn't that basically turn your backup mail server into a "primary server on standby"? Right now, our primary is "mail." and our backup is "mail2.". I guess it would depend on what is exported from the registry. We don't have the traffic that a lot of people do in that I may go a few weeks without adding or removing a user. So to sync the two might by easy. Right now, I think I'm using the "store-and-forward" that others have criticized in the past. :o That is why I felt outsourcing might be the easiest for the backup. However, maybe I'm just being lazy. Another question is about versions. We are still running 8.2x on both. I haven't not had the guts to upgrade to the newest version. Does the backup server also need to be running the same version? Todd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darin Cox Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 8:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Outsourcing Backup mail services Well, one that is available is Sandy's tools for synchronizing with Exchange. I believe Exchange is the master in this case. For Imail, this could be done fairly easily by exporting registry or DB settings. For automating it, the easiest way is probably to set up a separate admin interface that in turn makes the updates to both servers. This would require some development, however. Darin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diarmaid Mac Aonghusa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:55 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Outsourcing Backup mail services Hi >>Now-a-days its not recommended to setup a backup mail server unless its configured exactly like your primary server. That includes knowing what all valid addresses and aliases are, plus using the same black lists to reject connections. Are there any KB articles about how to do this with Imail? How do you automatically sync all the settings? Thanks Diarmaid Mac Aonghusa Fusio.net Dublin, Ireland -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The avalanche has already started, it is too Rod Dorman late for the pebbles to vote." - Ambassador Kosh 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/ 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/ 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/
