Hi! Everybody,
I'm now using hMailServer 4.2 B195. It's fine and stable but I want to set up a secondary backup mail server with the same domain.
So could you please provide me some documentation for the configurations and settings.
Thanks in advance,
Secondary Backup hmail Server
There's a page here that describes how to configure hMailServer to run as a backup sever for another server.
http://www.hmailserver.com/documentatio ... _mx_backup
http://www.hmailserver.com/documentatio ... _mx_backup
I really appreciate u.
In your link, I see that "Domain - The name of the domain you wish to backup. This should not be a domain configured on your server".
Does it mean that the primary mail server domain and backup mail server domain should not be the same?
And also how about SMTP Relayer settings in this backup mail server?
In your link, I see that "Domain - The name of the domain you wish to backup. This should not be a domain configured on your server".
Does it mean that the primary mail server domain and backup mail server domain should not be the same?
And also how about SMTP Relayer settings in this backup mail server?
1. It means that you should not be trying to backup a domain on the same server (the backup server). In your route (on the backup server), specify the domain name of the one you are backing up.
2. I think you may be in the 'domains' section of hmailserver admin, instead of the 'route' section (on the backup server). There aren't any 'smtp relay' settings in the 'route' section. You shouldn't be anywhere else but the 'settings', ' protocol,' 'smtp,' 'routes,' section.
2. I think you may be in the 'domains' section of hmailserver admin, instead of the 'route' section (on the backup server). There aren't any 'smtp relay' settings in the 'route' section. You shouldn't be anywhere else but the 'settings', ' protocol,' 'smtp,' 'routes,' section.
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The backup server does not need to have any domains on it at all.
In the SMTP settings of the backup server add a route for your domain. Specify the host of your primary server and select "treat this route as a local domain".
The backup server will accept emails as if it hosted your domain, but will simply hold them and deliver them when the primary comes back on line.
I would suggest altering the number of retries and Minutes between retry to allow for the maximum possible server outage. I have it set for 150 tries at 60 minute intervals.
Nick
In the SMTP settings of the backup server add a route for your domain. Specify the host of your primary server and select "treat this route as a local domain".
The backup server will accept emails as if it hosted your domain, but will simply hold them and deliver them when the primary comes back on line.
I would suggest altering the number of retries and Minutes between retry to allow for the maximum possible server outage. I have it set for 150 tries at 60 minute intervals.
Nick
Althought I've set up according to the instruction on http://www.hmailserver.com/documentatio ... _mx_backup page to be a MX backup, Mails cannot send/receive while the primary server is down.
It's asking authentication user name and password. Still problem!
Need to add the domain and user accounts like the primary accounts?
Help Me!
It's asking authentication user name and password. Still problem!
Need to add the domain and user accounts like the primary accounts?
Help Me!
I think you're misunderstanding the purpose of MX backup, which allows you to provide one or more backup servers to receive INCOMING emails when your primary server is down.
It sounds like you want to provide a redundant SMTP server for your users to send OUTGOING mail. That's not covered by "MX backup". If you want a redundant SMTP server with authentication, you're going to have to have two mailservers with all the account information on, and keep the account details in sync between them. Your MX Backup server will have to be a different server again, since you can't have the local domain set up on there.
It sounds like you want to provide a redundant SMTP server for your users to send OUTGOING mail. That's not covered by "MX backup". If you want a redundant SMTP server with authentication, you're going to have to have two mailservers with all the account information on, and keep the account details in sync between them. Your MX Backup server will have to be a different server again, since you can't have the local domain set up on there.
Sorry for not starting a new thread but this may be somewhat similar to what the original poster is looking to do.
What I need is similar to doing the clustering that has been suggested for future releases. I have a custumer that would like hmailserver to act as a backup mx to a SBS 2003 box. But in the event of an outage on the primary be able to log in to the backup and view old email and send new.
I understand that accounts would have to be duplicated on each server. My thinking to accomplish this would be to setup hmail as the primary mx server and forward a copy of the incomming mail to the SBS box. One problem with this is that email would build up in the account so I would need a way for hmail to purge email after it is over a set age like 4 months. Another problem would be forwarding email to email address that is the same as what is on the hmail server not causing a loop because it already handles for the domain and would send it back to itself. Would registering a backup domain name or forwarding the mail to user@'sbsboxIP' be away to get the mail to the SBS box without creating a loop?
Any recommendations on how to impliment this with HMailserver? Or am I SOL.
What I need is similar to doing the clustering that has been suggested for future releases. I have a custumer that would like hmailserver to act as a backup mx to a SBS 2003 box. But in the event of an outage on the primary be able to log in to the backup and view old email and send new.
I understand that accounts would have to be duplicated on each server. My thinking to accomplish this would be to setup hmail as the primary mx server and forward a copy of the incomming mail to the SBS box. One problem with this is that email would build up in the account so I would need a way for hmail to purge email after it is over a set age like 4 months. Another problem would be forwarding email to email address that is the same as what is on the hmail server not causing a loop because it already handles for the domain and would send it back to itself. Would registering a backup domain name or forwarding the mail to user@'sbsboxIP' be away to get the mail to the SBS box without creating a loop?
Any recommendations on how to impliment this with HMailserver? Or am I SOL.
Thanks
Yeah, you should be able to configure hMailServer to forward to user@'sbsboxIP'.
In 4.2, you have to create rules to forward email. In 4.3, there's forward settings for every account.
In 4.3, it should also be possible to write a VBA-script which removes old messages from all folders. Would probably take at least a couple of hours to write such a script though.
In 4.2, you have to create rules to forward email. In 4.3, there's forward settings for every account.
In 4.3, it should also be possible to write a VBA-script which removes old messages from all folders. Would probably take at least a couple of hours to write such a script though.
I never thought of writing a VB script. I'm so used to Exchanges DB that I forgot that the emails are saved as files in hmailserver. If anyone has a script already created they would like to donate that would be great.
I will setup 4.3 and let everyone know how it works and post the script if I end up creating one if others need the same functionality.
I will setup 4.3 and let everyone know how it works and post the script if I end up creating one if others need the same functionality.
Thanks