>Ok, I understand what needs to be done in order to configure IMail as a Peer
>Server. What's not very clear is how do I split the user accounts on my
>domain to be identified on each server? I mean the whole concept of peer
>servers is that it's on the same domain but each server holds a portion of
>the user accounts.
Same domain, ok, but different hostnames. The user accounts database
remains private to each peered Imail server.
>Well, if both IMail servers are BDC's and they both
>share the NT database with our PDC how do we split them up once the servers
>are configured as Peer Servers, so that they each have a portion of the
>database? Or does each server pretty much share the same user database?
Imail peering addresses one very specific issue, and that is only
load-sharing of inbound SMTP traffic among 2 or more Imail machines. The
Imail machines will then use VRFY to find the Imail machine where the user
account is. This requires enabling VRFY on all Imail machines, which is
not advisable in general as VRFY is used by spammers for harvesting mail
accounts.
There is no sharing of a unified a Imail accounts database between Imail
peered servers, even if those Imail accounts are stored on the same
physical, external-to-Imail database.
Each Imail server maintains and knows about only its own mail accounts
independently of the other peered Imail servers, no matter where/how those
accounts are stored.
Imail users must still know and use the hostname of the Imail machine where
their account is. Imail peering does operate for web messaging, POP3, or
SMTP AUTH.
Len
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