Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:10:48 +0100 From: Stefano Riva <sriva@alice.it> To: Billy Ma <sbirdy@netvigator.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DNS:concept quest.on run more than 1 mail server at same time Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990120181048.00a88740@relay.alice.it> In-Reply-To: <36A60306.809B83A@netvigator.com>
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At 00.23 21/01/99 +0800, you wrote: > We have a web site that run qpopper on a freebsd, support >about 70 >persons, over 1000 mail per day, no joking, and recently, and we found >that >we need to setup more that one mail server, and I found some doc. how to I manage a mail server that supports over 100 people, 3500/4000 messages per day, with FBSD/SM/QPOP and it runs smoothly on a P5/133 with a small SCSI narrow HD (but I'm sure it would run OK even on a 486)... If you want to install a second mail server for dynamic load balancing (for example using DNS/routing round robin techniques), think about: do you really need it? If the answer is yes, then I've seen another reply to your message. If the answer is no, then you only need a backup machine; in that case, the simplest way to set up it is to configure it (SM/QPOP) about like your main server... Then place two MX records with different priority on your primary DNS; if the server with highest priority is working properly, the message will be delivered to it, otherwise the message will be delivered to the backup server. >3. beside, any suggestion on pop3 program? do you think there are other >one > run on FreeBSD that better than qpopper? There are other POP3 servers, but QPOP is the de-facto standard and it works well, if you don't have big requirements. --- Stefano Riva Software Engineer - Systems Administrator Informazioni Editoriali I.E. Srl Phone +39-027528400, Fax +39-027528451 Email sriva@alice.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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