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

[Abigail Marshall <abigail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- Bennett Lanford <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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 
> > this client.

FWIW, I did this last year and moved to a VPS2A - or
whatever they call the cheapest VPS2- the server gets
a  ton of spam in addition to regular email, with both
Spamassassin & ClamAV running, and rarely breaks above
.01 for server load.  So you might save a little there
- you can always upgrade if needed. 

> > Do I have to do any updates with Apache so
> FormMail program will forward
> > to the new server?  

This is real tricky -- I have never been able to get
the old server to recognize that mail which originates
on the server needs to be delivered off the server. I
just solved the issue by changing the addresses that
programs like the mail forms deliver to. For example,
the new server is named mail.domain.com - while MX
records are set to recognize that domain.com needs to
deliver to mail.domain.com, but on the old server, I
need to either (a) configure the form to send to
user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx rather than user@xxxxxxxxxx, or
(b) configure virtmaps/aliases on the old server to
forward mail addressed to user@xxxxxxxxxx to
user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-Abigail
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