RE: [toaster] Query about backup-mx's

2005-09-09 Thread David
> -Original Message- > From: rene marticke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 9 September 2005 9:19 PM > To: toaster@shupp.org > Subject: Re: [toaster] Query about backup-mx's > > > > >I have thought about something similar... is this basically

Re: [toaster] Query about backup-mx's

2005-09-09 Thread rene marticke
I have thought about something similar... is this basically how dynamic dns works? ie. no special technology, just (real) short ttl's ? yes. this is what i do here for remoteaccess to customers not using public dyndns sites or such. I have my own dns with 60 seconds ttl. and the ip's are fet

RE: [toaster] Query about backup-mx's

2005-09-09 Thread David
> -Original Message- > From: rene marticke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 9 September 2005 9:08 PM > To: toaster@shupp.org > Subject: Re: [toaster] Query about backup-mx's > > > > >So I suppose that SMTP failover is more or less possible, now

Re: [toaster] Query about backup-mx's

2005-09-09 Thread rene marticke
So I suppose that SMTP failover is more or less possible, now I'm stuck on the pop3 failover! Thanks again, David. If you have access to your nameserver you can edit the A record pop3.domain.tld and set a ttl of 60 seconds. If Masterpop faied just edit this entry and the lookup of pop3.do

RE: [toaster] Query about backup-mx's

2005-09-09 Thread David
> -Original Message- > From: Tom Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 8 September 2005 12:46 AM > To: toaster@shupp.org > Subject: Re: [toaster] Query about backup-mx's > > > On Sep 7, 2005, at 8:01 AM, David wrote: > > My question is:

RE: [toaster] Query about backup-mx's

2005-09-07 Thread Ingo Claro
+56-2) 43 00 155 -Mensaje original- De: Tom Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: MiƩrcoles, 07 de Septiembre de 2005 11:16 Para: toaster@shupp.org Asunto: Re: [toaster] Query about backup-mx's On Sep 7, 2005, at 8:01 AM, David wrote: > My question is: if ma

Re: [toaster] Query about backup-mx's

2005-09-07 Thread Tom Collins
On Sep 7, 2005, at 8:01 AM, David wrote: My question is: if mail.backup.dom receives e-mail intended test.com, how does it decide that the mail should go to mail.master.dom? ie. does the DNS data override all /control/locals entries (_and_ /control/virtualdomains)? or, will it be the case that

Re: [toaster] Query about backup-mx's

2005-09-07 Thread Rick Macdougall
David wrote: I have a question regarding the "backup-mx" operation of the toaster: I have something like domain: test.com MX 5 mail.master.dom MX 10 mail.backup.dom in my DNS records. Say mail.master.dom goes down; the sending MTA automatically routes e-mail to mail.back