Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:26:35 -0500 From: "Ryan Masse" <mail@max-info.net> To: "Dirk Meyer" <dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org> Cc: "FreeBSD-ISP" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sendmail queue Message-ID: <006501c07eb3$c20001c0$0400a8c0@Home> References: <009401c07c43$fe735c00$0400a8c0@Home> <Pr5d9lj5YQ@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org>
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just so we're on the same page: primary.do.main smpt:[hostname of primary mail-server] should be if the PMS was domain1.com and the SMS backup.domain1.com backup.domain1.com smtp:[domain1.com] yes? From: Dirk Meyer <dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> > Ryan Masse wrote: > > > Could anyone provide some info with regards to setting up a secondary mail > > server? having the mail get queued in the secondary mail server when the PMS > > is down then send all the mail back to the PMS when back up? > > 1) The easy way: > configure Sendmail to accept mail for this host/domain: > simply add in /etc/mail/mailertable: > > primary.do.main smpt:[hostname of primary mail-server] > > After rebuild of mailertable.db the server will accept mail > for this domain and deliver it towards the primary server. > Please keep the Hostname or IP in square brackets, > to avoid any DNS-lookup. > > > 2) For high loads or long downtime > You might configure a special Queue or requiets it with ETRN, > this could improve the performance, if you expect lots of mail. > This take a bit more work on the configuration. > > kind regards Dirk > > - Dirk Meyer, Im Grund 4, 34317 Habichtswald, Germany > - Tel. +49-5606-6512 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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