Ivan If you want a conventional backup server I would recommend deploying multiple instances of James in a conventional manner using MX record priorities to route traffic between the instances as specified by the RFCs.
Fetchmail fetches mail already successfully delivered to a mail server using supported client protocols such as POP3 and IMAP and injects into the James mail server spool. It is used when conventional RFC mandated solutions are not an option, such as an ISP not supporting SMTP connections. As it relies on mail being successfully delivered to the mail server, it isn't really a backup solution. Maybe I misunderstand your intentions? Regarding the alllocal passwords question, you should have read on in the page, see http://james.apache.org/server/2.2.0/fetchmail_configuration.html#fetchmail% 20Caveats. Both the problem and a potential solution are discussed. None the less, some ISPs do support a one domain, one password model, and in these circumstances allocal works just fine. Cheers -- Steve Ivan Jouikov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok I want to set up a backup mail server, and I want my main > server to fetch > any mail that goes to it. > > > > I’ll have both servers connected to the same DB with my user > accounts. In > fetchmail configuration there’s an option to use “alllocal” > for all local > accounts, which’s perfect for me. > > > > However, that section specifies a “password” field. What > exactly is that > field? Are all my accounts supposed to have the same > password? Or how does > this work? > > > > Besides, all passwords are stored as hash, so how is this > fetching possible? > > > > > > ……… I just read this: HYPERLINK > "http://james.apache.org/server/fetchmail_configuration_2_2.ht ml#alllocal"ht tp://james.apache.org/server/fetchmail_configuration_2_2.html#alllocal So all accounts must have the same password, huh? Not very secure, why even implement this sort of thing? Does anybody have a setup with a backup mail server? How do you do it? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
