Yes.  You can have 2 James servers residing behind the same virtual IP
address.  You can even have them use the same DB for JDBCAlias as long as
the spools are different.

Serge Knystautas
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: Clustering James?


> 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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