Re: [Exim] Replication between mailservers - possible?

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Author: Torsten Mueller
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To: exim-users@exim.org
Subject: Re: [Exim] Replication between mailservers - possible?

Timothy Arnold schrieb:
>
> Dear exim users/guru's
>
> I was wondering if the following is possible?
>
> I would like to investigate the possibility of having two mailservers, both
> recieving mail which would be put into a 'repository' - this then would be
> accessible via POP3. If one mailserver goes down, the other one will be able
> to operate in 'standalone' mode until the other mail server is operational.
>
> This repository should also be able to store usernames/domains and other
> configuration options.
>
> My first guess that this idea would be to store the information in MySQL. If
> this was the case we would then have the problem of replicating the data
> between two mysql instances - is this possible?


Well for the replication look at www.mysql.com , look to the docu ->
searchable index -> search for replication.

I replicate my mysql database through an SSH tunnel between the
primary and the backup MX.

Torsten