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How to setup a backup mx/mail server?

Asked by warrenrapson in CPanel, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

Tags: mx, email, cpanel

Hi all,

I have an Exchange server (SBS 2008) and I want to setup a backup email service so that email will continue to be received elsewhere in the event of my server being down.

- My website is hosted and I use cpanel to administer it.
- I have an mx record that points mydomain.com to mail.mydomain.com

Can I set up a lower priority mx record to point mydomain.com to itself? I assume so, but:
- what happens to the user accounts that I have on my server, do I have to replicate the accounts on my webmail or is a catch all ok?
- can I setup some kind of queue so that the email will be forwarded to my exchange server when it becomes available. If yes, how? cron?

Thanks,

Warren

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How to setup a backup mx/mail server?

Asked by warrenrapson in CPanel, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

Tags: mx, email, cpanel

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