One EFA to multiple backend mail servers

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mph
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One EFA to multiple backend mail servers

Post by mph »

I have a requirement to send all incoming emails via EFA to multiple backend mail servers.

There's only an option to specify one mail server under Transport settings.

I guess this might be a postfix limitation?

domain.com smtp:[192.168.1.1]

I could use DNS RR, but then half the mail goes to one server, and half to the other.

Any thoughts?
mph
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Re: One EFA to multiple backend mail servers

Post by mph »

Actually, I may have found a possible solution:

https://gitlab.dls-belgium.eu/tools/smptdd/tree/develop

Could this be implemented in EFA?
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pdwalker
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Re: One EFA to multiple backend mail servers

Post by pdwalker »

huh?

Just specify the domain and the back end in the transport file

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mydomain1 smtp:[10.1.1.1]
mydomain2 smtp:[192.168.1.1]
etc...

You can do this through the efa configuration menu, or by hand.
Gate Array
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Re: One EFA to multiple backend mail servers

Post by Gate Array »

What do you need?

1) forward emails to ALL the mail servers behind (parallel approach)

2) forward email to one server with a rotational schema (es. round robin)

3) forward specific domain to a specific server
mikemc
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Re: One EFA to multiple backend mail servers

Post by mikemc »

Hi

Was this ever resolved? I have a situation where we have efa feeding an exchange server and we also want all emails sent to a backup linux box so when the exchange server crashes we can still access our mail on the linux box. Is this possible?
mph
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Re: One EFA to multiple backend mail servers

Post by mph »

I don't think so, you can only specify one destination in postfix.

If (or rather when) your Exchange server crashes, you would have to change the IP in postfix, unless you use a DNS entry, in which case change your DNS to point to your Linux box.

The "parallel approach" is something I've been trying to do myself.
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