From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Feb 2 2:42:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.clifftop.net (machassociates-6.dsl.easynet.co.uk [217.204.162.182]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 499C137B420 for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 02:42:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from sisko (frodo.shire.com [192.168.1.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.clifftop.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g12AgTNv051629; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 10:42:30 GMT From: "Danny Horne" To: "Michael Vince" , Subject: RE: Secondary Mail server Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 10:42:29 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <003901c1ab84$16053f80$2e01a8c0@MICHAEL2> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.3.0(snapshot 20010925) (odo.clifftop.net) Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Michael Vince > Sent: Saturday 02 February 2002 12:54am > To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Secondary Mail server > > > Hi all. > > I would like some documentation / suggestions on the best secondary mail > solution, I have the O'rielly sendmail book but just browsing through it I > cant see any section on setting up a secondary mail server. Is it > that that > you just configure the mail server like you would a primary but have a > higher MX preference value and it automagically detects this and > sends it to > the primary mail server when its backup? I just cant find any infomation > about this. > If you're going to be using Sendmail for secondary MX, you just need to set the server up as normal, but any domains you're secondary for should go in /etc/mail/access with the entry - To:domain.com RELAY There shouldn't be any reference to this domain in any other Sendmail files. HTH --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.320 / Virus Database: 179 - Release Date: 30/01/02 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message