RE: [Exim] Exim, MySQL and multiple Servers

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Author: robert rotman
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To: Søren P. Skou
CC: exim-users
Subject: RE: [Exim] Exim, MySQL and multiple Servers
On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, [iso-8859-1] S?ren P. Skou wrote:

> > set only the domains local wo really _are_ local with
> Jups, but.. how? See, the idea is that I only have one table, and not one
> p.r. machine. Though that would be simplest. Perhaps that is the solution
> after all, have a table pr. mailhost. Can't be that I'm the first one to
> think of this :).
>


local_domains = mysql;select domain from domaintable where
                 domain='$key}' and server_id='1'
for example,



robert

>
> >     do you really need 2 servers here?
> No, correct, at the moment, we could do with only one, but in time we will
> need to scale the system over more than one server, and I'd prefer that I've
> chosen the correct MTA from the beginning, and that I can plug in a new
> server without any hassle. Than to start all over once we figure out that
> Exim wasn't what we were looking for. (So far it is what we're looking for,
> and more to on top of that :)

>
> And no, I don't see any major problems in having a MySQL on each server.
> Except that they need to be maintained, and maintaining X amount of servers
> is a bit more hassle than maintaining and securing one. ;-)
>
>
> Friendly Greetings
>
> S. P. Skou
>
>
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