[NTLUG:Discuss] Need advice: hosting email at home
brian@pongonova.net
brian at pongonova.net
Fri Apr 19 18:33:02 CDT 2002
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 05:10:17PM -0500, Travis Bell wrote:
> With this setup is there a way to have the secondary mail server move mail
> back to my server once it's back up?
I have an almost identical setup. I suggest everydns.net as a more stable
alternative to granitecanyon...
With qmail installed on the secondary mailserver, set control/locals and
control/rcpthosts to accept mail to your domain from the outside world and to
enable local deliveries. Assuming no matching user accounts, also set up
~alias/.qmail-default to forward your mail to your primary mail server. Place a
large value in control/queuelifetime so nothing gets bounced. Hard-code delivery
instructions in control/smtproutes so that mail is always forwarded to your primary
mailserver without consulting DNS.
If you're using sendmail, I'd suggest adding a few years to your life by switching
to qmail. E-mail me if you want more details.
--Brian
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