Topic: MX Backup on SME 7 RC2

[russs]

Hi all,

I have posted this before but received no answer. Since previously I was just adding a reply to an existing post which was in the Experienced User forum and as this may not get seen by all I thought I'd ask again here.

I have used the MX backup contrib from the Schirrms instructions but cannot get it to work. I have two domains that I wish to use the server as an MX backup for. For one of the Domains it works perfectly, for the other not at all!!

Neither of the domains are hosted or appear as a virtual domain on the MX backup server and I don't think they should when the server is setup as an MX backup.

Both of the domains I wish to receive for appear in the rcpthosts file on the backup server correctly. Both of my Mailservers also appear as the top two MX server in my DNS records.

I am using SME 7 RC2.

So too summarise, two Domains need to be MX backed up, neither appear on Server but only one gets received correctly.

Any obvious ideas anybody?

Thanks

[JonB]

If both domains you want to backup appear in /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts and in /var/service/qpsmtpd/config/goodrcptto then there is no reason that your server should not work as a MX backup for both domains.

The only reason it would not work would be because the MX records for the domains you want to back up are incorrect.

e.g your MX backup server is domain1.com. The domains you wish to act as backup MX for are domain2.com and domain3.com.

the MX records should be

domain2.com    10 domain2.com
                        20 domain1.com

and

domain3.com    10 domain3.com
                        20 domain1.com

Jon

[CharlieBrady]

I have used the MX backup contrib from the Schirrms instructions but cannot get it to work.

Problems with contribs should be reported in the Bug Tracker.

That said, you are almost certainly better off having no MX backups. If you have reasonable connectivity they are not necessary, and they make spam control more difficult.

[desquinn]

That said, you are almost certainly better off having no MX backups. If you have reasonable connectivity they are not necessary, and they make spam control more difficult.

I am confused by this statement as backup MX's are great from a mangement POV as well as providing resillence. Good connectivity is great but there will always be situations where it is not good enough.