>there no such a thing of POP3 backup
Yes of course, I know that. I would like to use the ability of Xmail server to change the configuration on the fly - as needed. I will have a script that will control the access to primary server and replicate the files for mailboxes, users, domains,.. through some sort of secure FTP. When the primary server fails (not the XMail itself, but ISP or something else), the script will apply the changes to the DNS and secondary XMail coniguration files so that the secondary server will take over thoe role of the primary. There will also be some log to know which mailbox files were created on the primary and which on the secondary server, so that when primary server comes up the replication in other direction will occour as well as changes to the DNS and secondary XMail server. Any ideas why this wouldn't work? What else must I take care of? Has anyone tried this before? Matic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Davide Libenzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 30. september 2002 21:38 Subject: [xmail] Re: Secondary server > > On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Matic wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I have curently 2 Xmail servers, (primary and secondary). SMTP backup is now acchived with MX records. > > These 2 servers are on a different physical locations and have 2 different ISP. In the previous month we had on the primary location 2 blackouts. One was due to a long power failure (20h) which our UPS couldn't suplement, and one was due to failure in the main switch of our primry ISP. SMTP part was correctly backud up with coresponding MX records in the DNS, but our clients couldn't fetch the mail from there. > > > > Has anyone implemented a "POP3 backup" for the mail? I mean complete backup, so that the clients wouldn't notice the difference when they are connected through primary or secondary server. Has anyone configured anything like this or does somebody have an advise how to acchive this? > > there no such a thing of POP3 backup because users connect directly to the > POP3 machine and the way the secondary MX server works is to forward all > messages to the main server. so it usually does not have local mailboxes. > > > > - Davide > > > - > 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] > - 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]
