Backup Mail Server
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Does anybody have any good recommendation for a backup mail server that I can put in my DNS? It appears that last night, my web host/mail provider got hacked and it somehow brought down the whole operating system. They had to reformat and rebuild the system. They lost my whole website, but I think that is going to be able to be restored from backup (I have it of course). I don't think they are going to be able to restore my MAIL that was received onto the mail server from 1AM (EST) until whenever it went down this morning. Also, I'm sure tons my mail has been bouncing. :mad: So that's my explaination and rant about that issue. Not too happy, though they have been rather up front about it. Thanks, Jonathan
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Does anybody have any good recommendation for a backup mail server that I can put in my DNS? It appears that last night, my web host/mail provider got hacked and it somehow brought down the whole operating system. They had to reformat and rebuild the system. They lost my whole website, but I think that is going to be able to be restored from backup (I have it of course). I don't think they are going to be able to restore my MAIL that was received onto the mail server from 1AM (EST) until whenever it went down this morning. Also, I'm sure tons my mail has been bouncing. :mad: So that's my explaination and rant about that issue. Not too happy, though they have been rather up front about it. Thanks, Jonathan
Jonathan Austin wrote: Does anybody have any good recommendation for a backup mail server that I can put in my DNS? I haven't used it, but you may want to try http://www.xmailserver.org[^]. I think they have a version for Windows as well as Linux and Solaris. It's free, and open source (GPL, if I remember it right, though). There is also a mailing list for support issues. Jonathan Austin wrote: Also, I'm sure tons my mail has been bouncing. If it has been less than 24 hours, I don't think any of your mails will actually bounce. The other mail servers will keep trying to talk to your mail server if they can't reach it now. Server outage is a common thing, and so all the mail servers are designed to keep trying for a configured period of time, which is normally at least 24 hours. :)
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Does anybody have any good recommendation for a backup mail server that I can put in my DNS? It appears that last night, my web host/mail provider got hacked and it somehow brought down the whole operating system. They had to reformat and rebuild the system. They lost my whole website, but I think that is going to be able to be restored from backup (I have it of course). I don't think they are going to be able to restore my MAIL that was received onto the mail server from 1AM (EST) until whenever it went down this morning. Also, I'm sure tons my mail has been bouncing. :mad: So that's my explaination and rant about that issue. Not too happy, though they have been rather up front about it. Thanks, Jonathan
http://www.zoneedit.com[^] Possibly. They have a failover and load-balancing service. Jon Sagara Hi! I'm Melanoma, Moley Russell's wart. -- Uncle Buck
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Does anybody have any good recommendation for a backup mail server that I can put in my DNS? It appears that last night, my web host/mail provider got hacked and it somehow brought down the whole operating system. They had to reformat and rebuild the system. They lost my whole website, but I think that is going to be able to be restored from backup (I have it of course). I don't think they are going to be able to restore my MAIL that was received onto the mail server from 1AM (EST) until whenever it went down this morning. Also, I'm sure tons my mail has been bouncing. :mad: So that's my explaination and rant about that issue. Not too happy, though they have been rather up front about it. Thanks, Jonathan
I use mailkeep.com[^] who I've been very happy with. They allow a number of different methods of store-and-forward / store-and-collect including ODMR (which is what I use), SMTP, ETRN, POP3 and POP3 with APOP. I don't think the pricing is bad either. Hope that helps, -- Simon Steele Programmers Notepad - http://www.pnotepad.org/