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- From: bg@dymaxion.ns.ca
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
- Subject: Solved MX install heterogenous cluster
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.152756.43@dymaxion.ns.ca>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 19:27:54 GMT
- References: <0095FAB2.755F72C0.20881@engclu.doh.square-d.com>
- Organization: Dymaxion Research Limited, NS, Canada
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- In article <0095FAB2.755F72C0.20881@engclu.doh.square-d.com>, QUAYLE@engclu.doh.square-d.com (Stan Quayle) writes:
- > If your systems share the same mail database, you only need one delivery agent.
- > If your systems *don't* share the same mail database, you can still get away
- > with only one agent, with proper use of rewrite rules (but it's lot more
- > complicated).
- >
- > Why are you running SMTP-over-DECnet? You don't need that for delivery between
- > the 2 VAXen.
- >
- > Your configuration should look like:
- >
- > DYMA Base MX software, NETLIB, SMTP (UCX 1.3), Documentation
- > Network node name = dymaxion.ns.ca
- > All MX processes run on DYMA
- >
- > DYME Runs the MX startup script (which doesn't start any processes)
- >
- Thanks. This is, in fact, exactly what Matt Madison suggested. As soon
- as I figure out whether I can make do with the few global sections we have
- left or whether I need to wait till the weekend to do an AUTOGEN to get
- some more, I'll be able to see if the whole thing works.
-
- Ben.
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