hi, > > > Just use the big machine as primary MX/POP3 and the other ones that simply > > > routes all traffic to this one. > > > Using an "adequate" machine for primary MX/POP3 you can easily handle more > > > traffic than your network link is probably going to permit. > > > Well, at least if you don't have a 100Mbps link to the internet :) > > > > what if the big machine has a failure for some reason ? i think the multiple > > mx thing prodivdes more redundancy, at least this > > is the direction where i'm heading to... > > If the primary machine goes down you'll still have the secondaries that > are getting mail and as soon as you bring up the primary, they'll flush > their queue. > You probably want to give to secondaries a quite big expire time.
let's see if i got it, big machine: smtp (mx0) and pop, second / third machines: only smtp (mx1, mx2) and sending all their mail to the big machine, right ? (got a hint how to manage this config painless ?) :) thank you, jan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
