On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Thomas Tempelmann wrote: > > And here's one more question about this: I understand that a > simple mail server backup would be done by providing another > MX record in the NS entries for my domains. Additionally, the > backup server has to know my two domains, and put all the mail > into one mailbox. > Now, I wonder this: On my server, a few accounts have special > handling: some are for spam, others even redirect (forward) mails. > These features would not automatically be activated as long > as the backup server would take my mails. So I wonder how I/we > would be solve this: Shall the backup server duplicate all my > accounts and other settings, or is there a simpler way, or > will I have to manually take care of all the forwards etc. once > I poll the mails from that backup server with my mail client?
The backup server just collects the mail in its queue until yours comes back up. Noe need for any accounts/processing. Just add: mydomain.com=mydomain.com.smtp to the router of the backup where mydomain.com is the domain name hosted by the primary. -- Joe Laffey | Want to convert subnet masks between different LAFFEY Computer Imaging | notations, or figure the number of IPs in a block? St. Louis, MO | Whatmask-It's FREE - www.laffeycomputer.com/wm.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ############################################################# 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]>
