Re: [exim] Multiple Mail Servers

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Author: Tim Jackson
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Multiple Mail Servers
matt@??? wrote:

> I am currently trying to setup multiple mail servers so should the smtp
> server go down, we will receive mail to our of our other smtp servers,
> then when the original server comes back, the mail is passed on there.


[... replication of mailstore using unison ...]

> Can anyone see any potential problems with this method..... or do you
> think it will work fine?


I would think you would be better off replicating the maildirs using
DRBD (www.drbd.org) between the two machines; it will provide more
"seamless" failover, as well as up-to-the-second replication.

Tim