Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 14:43:02 +0100 From: Robin Melville <robmel@nadt.org.uk> To: Blaz Zupan <blaz.zupan@medinet.si>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail distribution Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970423134302.006fc1b4@wrcmail>
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At 16:10 22/04/97 +0200, Blaz Zupan wrote: >One topic that I don't think was covered here is mail >distribution. How do you guys distribute mail to different >servers? Let's say you have two servers and one of them >goes down. How would I redirect all mail handling to >this second machine? ... If your mail server goes down and you have a standby, the obvious thing to do it to change your nameserver(s) to point to the replacement machine... obviously you use a virtual machine name (eg mail@medinet.si) Rob. -------------------------------------------------------- Robin Melville, Addiction & Forensic Information Service Nottingham Alcohol & Drug Team (Extn. 49178) Vox: +44 (0)115 952 9478 Fax: +44 (0)115 952 9421 Email: robmel@nadt.org.uk WWW: http://www.innotts.co.uk/nadt/ ---------------------------------------------------------
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