Dear ALl, Sorry for my posting here but do apprecite if u guys help me.. I have already CenOS 5 and been used as my Primary DNS and primary sendmail mail server and is working perfectly fine i also have another Centos MAchine being used as my secondary DNS server and been workin fine.. i want to use this machine as my backup mail server and has gone to the DOCS have configured DNS and sendmail for a backup mail server. but i really dont know how i would test if my secondary mail server is workin apprecite if you cd have some examples or steps to check my newly setup backup mail server Thanks and Regards simon -- Network ADMIN: -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Mail Administrator spake the following on 9/3/2007 12:49 PM:> Dear ALl, > > Sorry for my posting here but do apprecite if u guys help me.. > > > I have already CenOS 5 and been used as my Primary DNS and primary > sendmail mail server and is working perfectly fine > > i also have another Centos MAchine being used as my secondary DNS server > and been workin fine.. > > i want to use this machine as my backup mail server and has gone to the > DOCS have configured DNS and sendmail for a backup mail server. > > but i really dont know how i would test if my secondary mail server is workin > > apprecite if you cd have some examples or steps to check my newly setup > backup mail server > > Thanks and Regards > > simon > >Easiest way is to stop primary server and see if mail spools to secondary. Or just put it up on the internet. The spammers will pound on it fairly quickly. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!