Exim as MX backup running on FC1

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Thu Apr 22 12:23:39 UTC 2004


On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 11:19:42AM +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> are there RPMs available to install Exim on FC1?

Yes, check out http://atrpms.net/name/exim/

> Once installed, I want this box to act as an MX backup for my main mail 
> server.  Has anyone any resources to help me configure the box correctly.
> 
> The reason for this is that we're about to change ISP therefore IP range.  I 
> want the new box to sit on the new IP address and receive incoming emails, 
> then forward them to the existing box.  Once all of the DNS' have been 
> updated I can then simply re-address the existing box.
> 
> If anyone has alternate/better ways of dealing with the situation I'd like to 
> hear those too.

You could use sendmail or postfix for setting up secondary MX servers,
too.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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