[VOPmail Beta] backup email server

[Customer_Support]

Hi Petar,     Ok in the below senario:   ___________________________________________________________________________ (                                                        INTERNET                                                                                                 ) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                         |                                                                        |                                         |                                                                        |                             (your domain1)                                           (partners domain2)                                 /              \                                                         /              \       spool---main#1    backup#1---spool   spool---main#2               backup#2---spool                                            \                /                                                       \                /                              mailstorage#1                                               mailstorage#2   NOW, Accepting mail on a backup for your domain is quite simple as the backup is configured relatively the same as the primary, when a user receives mail, no matter which server it connects to he/she will retreive their mail as the mail always resides on the same mail storage   HOWEVER, in your senario, domain1 will be a backup for domain2. therefore if we say accept mail for relay to domain2.com domain, since we do not share the same mailstorage area for all our users we must create a forced route to domain2. Hence  the C).   Unless I misunderstood your initial e-mail I believe this is what you want.   SUMMARY:   -    Two domains  -    Each with main and backup servers -    Wanting to be redundant/fallback for each other meaning if domain1's servers are down,     domain2 will be able to accept the mail.   In such a case each domain must have a forced route to the other to ensure that the mail is dealt with correctly.     Thank you -    --   Charles Akkerman Vircom Technical Support Phone: (514) 990-2532 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Please check our website at the the following link for the technical support holiday schedule: http://www.vircom.com/services/index.htm         ----- Original Message ----- From: Petar Nikolich To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 1:34 PM Subject: [VOPmail Beta] backup email server Charles,   Why is C) required? I have backup mail working fine with just A) and B). Other mail servers we run also do not require a forced route entered anywhere.   Kirk,   If you peer with anyone then I suggest your offer to secondary for someone else and have them secondary for you in return. This is a good policy that could also include secondary DNS which would give your operation more uptime in event of an network crashing accident.     ..Petar ----- Original Message ----- From: Customer_Support To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 9:49 PM Subject: [VOPmail Beta] backup email server Helo Kirk,     Yes, you can setup each others vopmails as fallbacks. All that is required of you is:   A)      an MX record. B)      'accept mail to these domains'  under security must have the partners domains therein. C)      A forced route must than be created under ROUTES.   NOTE: The following must be remembered/taken in consideration:   D)    The relaying server will be more suseptible to scan attacks since it will accept 'all' msg to @domain.com. E)    FYI:     Ensure that both servers can handle the extra load (HARDWARE).   Lastly, Any difficulties just e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]     Thank you Charles Akkerman Vircom Technical Support Phone: (514) 990-2532 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Please check our website at the the following link for the technical support holiday schedule: http://www.vircom.com/services/index.htm           ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Woloshyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 4:38 PM Subject: [VOPmail Beta] backup email server > * This is the vopmailbeta mailing list * > > > Can a standard version of VOP be used for the backup relay? I have a > business partner who is also running VOP. Would we be able to set up POs > on our systems for each other with a lower priority MX and become backup > for each other? > > Kirk > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jim Barstow > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 11:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [VOPmail Beta] backup email server > > > * This is the vopmailbeta mailing list * > > > You would probably just want to use a modusGate or VOPMail Relay version > to setup on an alternate server (other network) and just set a forced > route for * to send all mail to your primary server.  Make this your > lower priority (higher number) mx record in DNS so if your primary is > offline, this server will queue mail for delivery to your primary when > its back online. > > > Jim Barstow > Internet Network Engineer > Local Internet Services, Inc. > PO Box 160 > Ludington, MI 49431 > (231)845-9797 ext. 109 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Blue > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 2:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [VOPmail Beta] backup email server > > > * This is the vopmailbeta mailing list * > > > Hey guys .. > > I am to the point now where I need to start thinking about a secondary > backup email server running on another network. > > What setup would be the best scenario? > > -- > Best regards, >  John                          mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]