The answer to your question is yes, if set up correctly at a DNS level, all
you have to do is have it running, it will take all mail that the primary
would normally receive, and within about 5 minutes of the Primary coming
back on line, it will dump the mail across. The page you refered to is
actually instructions for a mailfilter called SCMS, which is an excellent
add-on for this program (again it's freeware), it is a very cmplete
anti-spam/relay set of plugins.
If for some reason you've got something against freeware, try MailSite.
It's based on the same code, and just as solid but with a greater array of
features.
Hope this answers your questions.
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Paul W. Wilcox
Director - Sales and Marketing
Surf The Net Australia
Email: paulw@surfthe.net.au
Web: http://www.surfthe.net.au
Ph: 02 9439 9830
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-----Original Message-----
From: FG <fgrondin@guetali.fr>
To: ntisp@iea-software.com <ntisp@iea-software.com>
Date: Monday, June 29, 1998 11:44 PM
Subject: switchover SMTP with Exchange and IMS
Hello everybody,
I've looked everywhere and couldn't find a lot of information about
switchover SMTP under NT 4.
Here's what I'd like to do :
I have one machine with MS-Exchange as SMTP-POP3 server.
I want to shut it down.
On another machine, I'd like to install another SMTP server (Exchange
or, better, a freeware like EMWAC's IMS) that would get incoming mail while
the other is down.
(this sounds possible, with a correct DNS MX setting)
Has anybody already experienced it ? Do you have other ideas ?