Re: OT: Mail Servers

[Charles Ying <cying@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 9:37 AM -0800 12/6/02, Anita Holmgren wrote:
> You can set up an additional Post.Office system on a second machine 
> with no mail accounts.  This second system simply acts as a 
> forwarder for your domains. Since it  doesn't have mail accounts, it 
> doesn't need a license.  If your real mail server is down the back 
> up forwarder will hold the mail. That way no mail bounces and you 
> don't lose any mail during a temporary outage.

Sue, this is a very good thing and you should actually "sell" this as 
a feature of PO. (Single server license also allows for setup of an 
accountless secondary mail forwarder.) I am unsure how you can set up 
a PO with no mail accounts, however. When I first set up my PO with 
just my account for PO admin, according to Post.Office, there were 3 
accounts:

Postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Is there a special method of creating an instance of PO with zero 
accounts that is undocumented? I would guess that many of us have 
spare iMac's laying around that would serve great as secondary mail 
servers on even a home dsl or cable connection using dynamic dns.

BTW, the setup for PO to act as secondary mail server is the utmost 
of elegance! I had to try it to make sure that it works and was 
pleasantly surprised when it worked as advertised!

Charles
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