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Re: [cobalt-users] Repeat! How to put MX backup server to second backup server on the same network, To be used as backup Mail server?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Repeat! How to put MX backup server to second backup server on the same network, To be used as backup Mail server?
- From: Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun Oct 26 04:13:00 2003
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, Tunc Eresen(?`..,,.-> Cobalt M447785363481 wrote:
>
> I have server 1.1.1.1 www.domain1.com at server 1.1.1.2
> ns1.doamin.com
> with MX server (Mail), I would like to have just backup MX server on
> second server at the same location on a 1.1.1.3 ns2.domain.com
>
> Raq 550
> How do you configure DNS on both servers? So that there is a backup
> mail server.
> How do you create just mail server without web site on the backup
> server?
Use two MX records for the zone (domain)
Low priority mail server is the backup mail server
High priority mail sever is the primary mail server
The backup mail server must just be setup to relay for the domain,
no DNS changes required.
Gerald
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