[IMail Forum] Backup mail server when the primary is down

[Greg Foulks]

I've been reading in the mail about how to setup a secondary mail server 
for when the primary is down. I understand what its saying but was just 
wondering something. The book says to setup the secondary as a gateway 
and have it store and forward messages for when the primary is down. Is 
it not possible to setup the secondary so that it then becomes the 
primary when the primary machine is down? I guess what I'm trying to do 
is to still allow messages to be sent and received when the primary 
server is down for reboots or maintenance without having to make any 
changes on the client side (transparent).

Thanks,
Greg
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