Re: [cobalt-users] How do you setup cobalts to act as secondary mailservers?

["Todd W" <twooly@xxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Golding"
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] How do you setup cobalts to act as secondary
mailservers?


>
> cobaltusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx asked
>  "How do you setup cobalts to act as secondary mailservers?"
>
> www.mailfail.co.uk
> uses 2 raqs for secondary/tertiary mx
> 2 diff datacentres
> 2 diff bandwidth providers
>
> a domain is setup mx
> high - www.domain.com
> low mailfail1.othellotech.net
> verylow mailfail2.othellotech.net
>
> on mailfail1 and 2 add "relay for this domain" in gui
> *dont* add the domain in vsites on either
>
> mail gos as normal, when high mx is down, queues on mailfail1, if that
geos
> down , queues on mailfail2
> mailfail1 comes back up sendmail on mailfail2 "pushes" the mail to the
next
> highest available mx (mailfail1)
> when the domain comes back up sendmail on mailfail1 "pushes" the mail to
the
> next highest available mx (domain)
>
> Simple ;)
>
> Does get *lots* of traffic - some customers have *crap* servers, so we
queue
> a lot of their mail regularly - used to charge for the traffic, but it was
a
> nightmare, so went for a flat fee.
>
> There goes our business plan .....
>
> Rob



Doesn anyone know of a cheap/free place to setup backup mail server/dns?

Thanks
--Todd