On 07/16/02 at 14:13, Neil Herber wrote: > I come to drink at the fountain of SIMS wisdom with 2 questions: > > 1) Currently I am running SIMS Version: 1.8b8 which seems to be > flawless and solid as a rock. I see many recommendations to use > 1.8b9d14. Can anyone tell me what changes were made between those 2 > betas and why or if I should use the later one? I don't subscribe to > the "because it's the latest" mind-set if the current version ain't > broke.
That's wise in itself, and a good attitude for any server administrator. Hmm. I was going to point you to <http://www.stalker.com/SIMS/History.html> for the change history, but it doesn't have any entries beyond 1.8b8. I'd guess that's because the b9dx's are technically 'development' versions. You can probably find the changes in the list archive. From rather shaky memory, I believe there are some fixes to minor problems and small enhancements with the anti-spam stuff. There's also a new router test feature in the web interface -- you can give it an address and it will tell you how it gets routed. At any rate, 1.8b9d14 seems to be every bit as stable as 1.8b8. > 2) Currently my upstream ISP (igs.net) handles all my DNS stuff. I > also use their mail servers (3 deep, I think) for my "prime" > accounts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a DNS entry (not an MX entry) that > points [EMAIL PROTECTED] to my local SIMS box. I presume you mean an A record for mail.eton.ca.? > The $64 question is: Can my SIMS box act as the primary server for > both domains with IGS servers as secondaries? Sure. You'd need to have your ISP add MX records for the domains, pointing at your SIMS box, with lower preference values than the IGS servers. > How do I configure SIMS to go fetch mail from the secondaries when > necessary? Or is it necessary? Not necessary. If the secondaries are configured to know that they're secondaries, they'll relay messages to your SIMS primary automagically. The bottom line, since a lot of this is dependent on your ISP, is that you'll need to let the ISP know what you want to do and have them set up what they need to on their end. You will, of course, need to make sure that your SIMS is configured appropriately to handle mail for your domains. -- Christopher Bort | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webmaster, Global Homes | [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.globalhomes.com/> ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
