Indeed correct Rod, but the entry in the hosts file allows for prompt and much quicker delivery of the mail to it's proper server. Imail will look in that hosts file first, then head over to DNS...
Jason Langlois YourNetPlus.com System Administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Dorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:59 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] ETRN (backup server) for mailservers > Smart Business Lists wrote: > > ... > > See the IMAIL knowledge base articles for setting up backup mail server > > in any case for detailed instructions. Generally you have to: > > ... > > 3) edit your hosts file on backup server so that the domain being baked > > up routes to the primary > > > > I think it is this ability to manipulate the host file that makes imail > > such a nice product to use as a backup. When the primary comes back > > online then the IMAIL secondary sends the queued mail to the primary > > using the route in the host file. ... > > I don't understand what you're getting at here. There should be no > need to edit the hosts file on either of the two SMTP servers, DNS > lookups will resolve a FQDN to a IP address. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The avalanche has already started, it is too > Rod Dorman late for the pebbles to vote." - Ambassador Kosh > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
