[Exim] Re: Backup Mail Server

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
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To: Exim Users
CC: Odhiambo Washington
Subject: [Exim] Re: Backup Mail Server
+++ Odhiambo Washington [exim-users] <05/11/01 13:56 +0300>:
> How do I configure Exim for that role? So that this server accepts mail for
> the domain when the main one is unavailable, and avail those messages when
> the main one comes up. It's this concept of backup MX that I've not quite
> understood.


Set up MX records -

domain.com.    IN    MX    10    pri-mx
        IN    MX    20    sec-mx
pri-mx        IN    A    10.0.0.1
sec-mx        IN    A    10.0.3.1


Then make sure exim / ${mta} on sec-mx relays for your domain (for example,
relay_domains in exim). Dont treat it as local there though.

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Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin