Re: [Exim] Backup Mail Server

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Auteur: V. T. Mueller
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Aan: Odhiambo Washington
CC: Exim Users
Onderwerp: Re: [Exim] Backup Mail Server
On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> So is the concept of backup MX simply the ability of the server to hold
> mails for your domain long enough before they are bounced back??


This depends on how you distribute/deliver mails to your users. You maybe
have to think over a few scripts to dynamically switch your
POP/IMAP/whatever-server´s IP for example. You can also set up a general
HA system and put a few other services on it so it´s worth the time and
money.

hth,
Volker

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 V. T. Mueller      UCC Freiburg, Germany     vtmue (at) uni-freiburg.de


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