Thanks to all who have supplied additional details on the functionality of James on 
this matter.  It has been very
helpful.

I would like to share another scenario with you.

I currently have two load balanced servers running SMTP (not James), the servers share 
a virtual IP.  My custom email
application is configured with the virtual IP as it's SMTP address.  This allows me to 
continue to send email from the
application, as long as one server is functional.

The questions I asked earlier where related to this scenario.  I would like to replace 
the SMTP service that I am
currently running with James, to take advantage of the JDBCAlias mailet.

Thinking through the scenario I have presented, it looks like I confused the issue by 
using the term clustering.  Taking
a deeper look at the situation makes me realize that clustering does not really come 
into play.  By running two separate
instances of James (each with identical configurations) I can achieve the results I 
desire.

Am I on track?


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 4:46 PM
> Subject: Clustering James?
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to use James strictly as a mail-forwarding server (SMTP).
I
> > have been able to install James and configure the JDBCAlias mailet to
> > perform forwarding based on a database table.  I also intend on moving
the
> > user repository into the database as well.
> >
> > My question is this.  Can I have two servers in a cluster running
> instances
> > of James to forward mail?  I am assuming that since I am only using SMTP
> > there should not be a problem.  Also, since only one server will be
> > accepting a given request, there should not be a problem with duplicated
> > messages.
> >
> > Any thoughts?


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