----- Original Message -----
From: Max Paperno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: inFusion Support List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [iMS] MX backup question
> At 6/17/2000 12:16 PM -0400, Howie Hamlin wrote:
>
>
> >Well, the backup server needs to have the primary server or servers
listed
> >in the "Outgoing Servers" setting. Then, any mail that is outbound from
the
> >backup must go through the primary.
>
>
> OK, thanks, that's what I thought. I'd suggest that the FAQ artivle be
adjusted to reflect this step, since it's misleading at this point. If
server 2 doesn't have server 1 defined in it's Outgoing Servers entry, the
current instructions would cause an endless loop (the way I understand it).
>
No, it wouldn't. The MX edition is incapable of sending mail to any server
unless listed in the Outgoing Servers setting. So, if you left that blank
then you would not get a mail loop but the mail would be stuck in the MX
backup server.
> On a related note, is there a way to have a backup mail server that is
backup for some domains, but is also primary for others? Say a client wants
to run their own mail server, but have us run a backup for them. Well, I'm
sure I could code something like that (store the primary server's IP with
the relay domain record, then only forward mail for that domain through the
defined IP using cfx_imsmail), but is there an easier way?
>
Assuming you are using FusionMail - you would configure this something like:
DNS:
mail.customer.com = MX 10
iMS.yourserver.com = MX 20
In the iMS server configure the customer domain to be a relay domain.
That should be it...
Regards,
Howie
> Cheers,
> -Max
>
>
>
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