On 10/29/2010 05:47 AM, Koenraad Lelong wrote:
Per Jessen schreef:
Koenraad Lelong wrote:
At home I have a mailserver running. Right now, however, my internet-connection is broken. I don't know when it will be fixed. How could I have a backup-server until the connection is restored ? I added my domains in my mailserver at work, but I would need to add all users, which is not possible at the moment as I don't have the details here at work. Is it possible to have the mail-server just store the mails and then forward them when the connection is restored ?
Yes, that's what a typical mailserver backup does. However, the mails will likely be retried anyway when the sender can't deliver them to you.
Hi Per,
I know that mails will be retried, but when it's my VDSL-modem that's broken, I have no idea when I can get a replacement. Well, it's only my home-network, maybe I should wait and see.
Koenraad, If you have another box at another IP that you want to configure as a 'backup mail host', the setup is relatively simple. I did a howto on it in the 11.0 days that is still fine. If you are interested, see: http://www.3111skyline.com/linux/openSuSE-server.php#mail under the heading: How do I configure an off-site backup mail host? It works just a Per described. If your main mail host is down/off-line, your mail is delivered to your backup host, held, then delivered to the primary mail host once it comes back on line. Without a backup, if your primary is off-line for more that 24 hours, most (no all) mail host will give up trying to deliver mail and just return an error to the sender. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org