Re: [vps-mail] E-mail Only Server

["Bennett Lanford" <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, March 23, 2005 12:23 pm, Mike Skimin said:
> Hello,
>
> We have a client who is starting to utilize a lot of e-mail and would
> like to purchase an additional server (VPS2B) just for e-mail.  Their
> current e-mail and website are on the same server, which is dedicated to
> this client.
>
> In order to accomplish this, I know I need to create each account on the
> e-mail only server (and transfer e-mail files).  I also know I need to
> add their domain to the local-host-names on the new server and (I
> assume) remove it from the old server.  I also know I need to update the
> MX to point to the new server.
>
> Do I have to do any updates with Apache so FormMail program will forward
> to the new server?   Do I need to update sendmail to tell it that not to
> accept outside connections as all of the connections should go to the
> new e-mail server?

Making sure that the web-only server can send mail to the new mail-only
server seems to be a pretty common problem.

On the web-only server, be sure to remove the e-mail domain from
/etc/mail/local-host-names and restart sendmail.

Then make sure that the web-server's sendmail doesn't still think it
"owns" the domain by issuing the command:

echo '$=w' | sendmail -bt

The e-mail domain should no longer appear in the output. (If it does, it
is probably because the host name of the web server is the samd as the
domain just deleted from /etc/mail/local-host-names. In that case, a
rename of the server is in order ... maybe to something "creative" like
www.domain.com.  You can find out what the current hostname is with the
command "hostname".)

>
> Have I missed anything?  This is a big client of ours and I don't want
> to mess this up and risk losing the client.
>
> Thank you for your help in this matter.

Good luck!

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Bennett Lanford <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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