burrett wrote:
>
> Roger Arnold wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have setup a machine as a backup email server with an MX of 100 while
> the main mailserver has an MX of 10.
>
> The problem is that I don't know how to get the backup machine to
> automatically re-send all the mail to the main email server when that
> server comes back up after an outage, or for the backup server to accept
> all the email for the main server without having to assign all the email
> addresses in /etc/passwd, which would be impossible.
>
> When I have sorted out all/and any problems, I will be changing the
> backup server to Qmail/Vpopmail, which I hope won't be very far away.
>
> Would someone know of documentation/How-To's on this subject they could
> point me to, or alternatively help me to set this up please?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
>
> Regards
> Roger
echo ":ip-address-of-your-primary-smtp-server" >
/var/qmail/control/smtproutes
Make sure you have all the domains you want to hold mail for in your
rcpthosts file.
To find out more:
export MANPATH=/var/qmail/man
man qmail-control
Ken Jones
