[SunHELP] Email replication

sunhelp at sunhelp.org sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Fri Jan 12 18:09:12 CST 2001 

  Is there any reason why a simple .forward file can't solve your problems? If not, then
just configure your
mail server to forward a copy of email for recipientsA-Z to recipientsa-z. 
  

 -david

> I took a look at the site.  I see a script to get messages that go 
> through an SMTP server...is that what you are referring to?  I am not 
> interested in the SMTP data I want to have a copy of the incoming messages.
> Shain
> 
> steve price wrote:
> 
> > look at www.harker.com for the script either to
> > forward email to two destinations or to archive and
> > forward...
> > 
> > --- "Lund, Dennis" <Dennis.Lund at sciatl.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Does anyone know if Sendmail can be configured to
> >> keep a copy of incoming
> >> mail locally and forward it to the remote?
> >> 
> >> Dennis L. Lund
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Shain Miley [mailto:smiley at tvdata.com]
> >> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 6:35 AM
> >> To: Will Mc Donald; sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> >> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Email replication
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I am using the University of Washington IMAP daemon.
> >>  I agree that there 
> >> must be some software that could deliver a message
> >> to both a local 
> >> machine as well as an additional remote one but I
> >> have not come across 
> >> one...although I am still looking for a solution.
> >> Thanks
> >> Shain
> >> 
> >> Will Mc Donald wrote:
> >> 
> >>> I'm unfamiliar with IMAP but a few google searches
> >> 
> >> turned up a few things
> >> 
> >>> (it's been a slow day :))
> >>> 
> >>> Specifically which imap daemon are you using? And
> >> 
> >> on which platform?
> >> 
> >>> What you want to do sounds like something that
> >> 
> >> well thought out software
> >> 
> >>> should be able to do by default.
> >>> 
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Shain Miley" <smiley at tvdata.com>
> >>> To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
> >>> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:46 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Email replication
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>> Will,
> >>>> Well the server is actually IMAP not POP but we
> >>> 
> >> are not interested in
> >> 
> >>>> the SMTP data just the mailboxes.  The suggestion
> >>> 
> >> about rdist sounds
> >> 
> >>>> like the program mirrordir that I am using in
> >>> 
> >> other situations, the
> >> 
> >>>> problem is that the data is only as new as the
> >>> 
> >> last time the program
> >> 
> >>>> ran.  The idea of mail forwarding to two servers
> >>> 
> >> is more what I had in
> >> 
> >>>> mind...does anyone know how I might go about
> >>> 
> >> doing this?  Thanks
> >> 
> >>>> Shain
> >>>> 
> >>>> Will Mc Donald wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>>> I was wondering if you just wanted to replicate
> >>>> 
> >> your users POP
> >> 
> >>> mailboxes? Or
> >>> 
> >>>>> SMTP data as well. I was under the impression
> >>>> 
> >> (in my limited
> >> 
> >>> understanding)
> >>> 
> >>>>> that SMTP data was sent to its destination
> >>>> 
> >> pretty much immediately but
> >> 
> >>> now
> >>> 
> >>>>> that I think about it that can't always be the
> >>>> 
> >> case, for mail servers
> >> 
> >>> not
> >>> 
> >>>>> permanently connected to the net for instance.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Will.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>> From: "Lund, Dennis" <Dennis.Lund at sciatl.com>
> >>>>> To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
> >>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 5:33 AM
> >>>>> Subject: RE: [SunHELP] Email replication
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>> rdist is a good idea.  You can configure it to
> >>>>> 
> >> only update files that
> >> 
> >>>>>> are newer/different then those already in
> >>>>> 
> >> place.  This reduces the
> >> 
> >>>>>> amount of stuff being duplicated on the
> >>>>> 
> >> secondary server.
> >> 
> >>>>>> man rdist
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Dennis L. Lund
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: John Lee [mailto:johnlee at sc.mcel.mot.com]
> >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 10:18 PM
> >>>>>> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> >>>>>> Subject: RE: [SunHELP] Email replication
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> I have one idea. First, you can make email
> >>>>> 
> >> forwarding to the two
> >> 
> >>> servers,
> >>> 
> >>>>>> secondly, use rdist periodically sync the mail
> >>>>> 
> >> data.
> >> 
> >>>>>> BR
> >>>>>> John
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org
> >>>>> 
> >> [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> >> 
> >>>>>> Behalf Of Shain Miley
> >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 9:51 PM
> >>>>>> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> >>>>>> Subject: [SunHELP] Email replication
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>> Can anyone suggest a way in which I can get
> >>>>> 
> >> real time email replication
> >> 
> >>>>>> to a second server?  Currently I have two
> >>>>> 
> >> external drives that hold the
> >> 
> >>>>>> data and twice daily I use mirrordir to copy
> >>>>> 
> >> the data from the original
> >> 
> >>>>>> to the backup drive, the problem here is that
> >>>>> 
> >> the backup data is
> >> 
> >>>>>> anywhere between 0 and 12 hours old.  I could
> >>>>> 
> >> run mirrordir more often
> >> 
> >>>>>> but what I want to do is have a separate server
> >>>>> 
> >> get a copy of any email
> >> 
> >>>>>> so in the case of a server failure the other
> >>>>> 
> >> machine can be brought up
> >> 
> >>>>>> as the original as seamless as possible....any
> >>>>> 
> >> ideas?
> >> 
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>> Shain
> >>>>> 
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