Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-14 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 12:42:28PM -0700, Adam Jacob wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 06:03:41AM -0600, Jeff Palmer wrote: > > And if your NFS server goes down, both servers are useless. In which > > case, what was the point of having a backup server again? > > Which is why you deploy this wi

Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-14 Thread Adam Jacob
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 06:03:41AM -0600, Jeff Palmer wrote: > And if your NFS server goes down, both servers are useless. In which > case, what was the point of having a backup server again? Which is why you deploy this with something like a NetApp filer, that lets you deliver to NFS, and ha

Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-14 Thread Mike Cathey
servers seem to be one to the outside >> world. NFS can be insecure though. >> >> Joe. >> - Original Message - >> From: "Henning Brauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 4:15 AM >

Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-13 Thread Jeff Palmer
AIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 4:15 AM >Subject: Re: backup mail server help > > > > On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:33:49PM -0700, Hank Wethington wrote: > > > What I'd like to accomplish is if Server A is unavailable, then mail >goes to > >

Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-12 Thread Joe
: "Henning Brauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 4:15 AM Subject: Re: backup mail server help > On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:33:49PM -0700, Hank Wethington wrote: > > What I'd like to accomplish is if Server A is unavail

Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-08 Thread Charles Cazabon
Hank Wethington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I'd like to accomplish is if Server A is unavailable, then mail goes to > server B. Once A is back up, server B sends the mail back to server A. Okay. > Does this make sense? Eminent sense. > I know about the MX records in DNS, but how do I ma

RE: backup mail server help

2001-06-08 Thread Willy De la Court
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hank, on the backup just put the domains in rcpthosts file NOT in locals and NOT in virtualdomains this will effectively configure the backup mail server to accept mail and try to deliver it to the primary. Make sure your dns records are correct.

Re: backup mail server help

2001-06-08 Thread Henning Brauer
On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 04:33:49PM -0700, Hank Wethington wrote: > What I'd like to accomplish is if Server A is unavailable, then mail goes to > server B. Once A is back up, server B sends the mail back to server A. Does On server B, add all domains in question to rcpthosts, but NOT to locals or

Re: Backup mail server.

2001-05-29 Thread Greg White
On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 11:21:57AM +1000, Grant wrote: > I accidentally deleted an email and couldn't find it on the qmail > archives. The question is: > > What do I need to do for a backup mx record to store emails until the > first mx comes back. I put the domain in rcpthosts, but not in > loca

Re: Backup mail server

2001-03-16 Thread Charles Cazabon
Ryan Pape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm assuming the best way to implement a backup mail server that will queue > mail in the event of a problem with the best MX would be to set the backup > server as 2nd MX (obviously), and then add all the appropriate domains to > rcpthosts. > > Will that

Re: backup mail server

2000-04-18 Thread Jonathan McDowell
On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 08:55:46AM -0600, Andy Bradford wrote: > Thus said Gabriel Ambuehl on Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:58:00 +0300: > > > Do you mean this seriously? I can't see a problem with a secondary > > which is using exactly the same config (we normally clone our > > systems as the first one e

Re: backup mail server

2000-04-18 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
From: Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 08:44:39 -0400 (EDT) > I have two mail servers - on is located in a different country - My > question is how do I become a backup for that other server in the event > that it goes down or looses connectivity?? >

RE: backup mail server

2000-04-18 Thread Greg Owen
> I have two mail servers - on is located in a different country - My > question is how do I become a backup for that other server in > the event that it goes down or looses connectivity?? Firstly, consider why you are setting up a secondary. Does it offer any advantages over letting th

RE: backup mail server

2000-04-18 Thread Greg Owen
> This is a bad idea. Why? Because you're setting yourself up for the > situation a friend was just in. His main server went down, and the > secondary kicked in. Unfortunately, the secondary server had become > misconfigured (or was never configured correctly in the first place) > and his emai

Re: backup mail server

2000-04-18 Thread Russell Nelson
TAG writes: > I have two mail servers - on is located in a different country - My > question is how do I become a backup for that other server in the event > that it goes down or looses connectivity?? > > I have added entries into DNS so as the two severs are secondary MX's > for each other

Re: backup mail server

2000-04-18 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 09:01:30AM +0200, TAG wrote: > Hi, > > I have two mail servers - on is located in a different country - My > question is how do I become a backup for that other server in the event > that it goes down or looses connectivity?? > > I have added entries into DNS so as the tw

Re: Backup mail server, MANY MAIL servers

1999-05-21 Thread kbo
On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 05:44:39PM +0300, ivan wrote: > hi, > > How can I setup a QMAIL as a backup mail server, what I have in mind ?! > > I have other email server (under NT) and I want if it is down the second mail > server (in this case QMAIL) to recieve and send mail and second, users still