using qmail to replace a sendmail backup mx server

Hi,

I've configured Sendmail successfully to store and then relay my emails when
my main mx server is down. I used the mailertable.db and access.db to
achieve it.

What are the equivalents of mailtertable.db and access.db in qmail?

Many thanks,
Matt :)
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On 1 Mar 2004 00:55:23 -0000, matt@mattbostock.com may have written:
>
> I've configured Sendmail successfully to store and then relay my emails when
> my main mx server is down. I used the mailertable.db and access.db to
> achieve it.
>
> What are the equivalents of mailtertable.db and access.db in qmail?

To create a backup MX in qmail, put the domain into rcpthosts but not
virtualdomains or locals. qmail will receive the message, queue it, then
attempt delivery like normal (to the lowest distance MX).

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Brian T Glenn
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MB> What are the equivalents of mailtertable.db and access.db
MB> in qmail?

Stop asking about those chocolate-covered bananas.

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"qmail" will act as a fallback SMTP Relay server without need for explicit
configuration in order to tell it where to send what. Just tell it the domain
names of the mailboxes for which it is to receive mail for relaying (to the
main SMTP Relay server), in exactly the way that you tell it the domain names
of the mailboxes for which it is to receive mail for local delivery.

"qmail" needs some explicit configuration to act as a _main_ SMTP Relay server
that routes mail to a _hidden_ SMTP Relay server. But that's not what you are
asking about.

Wow, that almost sounds too easy :)

Thanks!
Matt
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"Brian T Glenn" <glenn-nntp@this.delink.is.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> On 1 Mar 2004 00:55:23 -0000, matt@mattbostock.com may have written:
> >
> > I've configured Sendmail successfully to store and then relay my emails
when
> > my main mx server is down. I used the mailertable.db and access.db to
> > achieve it.
> >
> > What are the equivalents of mailtertable.db and access.db in qmail?
>
> To create a backup MX in qmail, put the domain into rcpthosts but not
> virtualdomains or locals. qmail will receive the message, queue it, then
> attempt delivery like normal (to the lowest distance MX).
>
> --
> Brian T Glenn
> delink.net Internet Services


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