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Backup MX help
Hello,
I've got a spare VPS server which is currently serving as a secondary DNS server however I'm wanting to setup my own backup mx server so if my main one goes offline emails will get delivered to this server then passed over when my main server comes back online.
Preferably I would like to just set the records and then the system automatically add the domain the system rather than manually set each domain up.
Any help is appreciated
Thanks,
Anthony
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FWIW you could as well use http://backupmail.org.uk/index.html
But seems that having secondary MX set is not at all a good idea.
https://blog.zensoftware.co.uk/2012/07/02/why-we-tend-to-recommend-not-having-a-secondary-mx-these-days/
Or you can try http://www.junkemailfilter.com/spam/free_mx_backup_service.html
So what is your question? Or this just a general, "please serve it to me on a platter"?
"...secondary records usually point to email servers that deploy little or no security checks..."
And this should be the sole reason for not having backup MX???
Just some help, if any knows of a good way of setting this up and has done it in the past that could recommend products or which way to configure it etc..
Depending on how many domains and mail accounts you are using, checking out Mailcow would be a good idea.
Benefit: Even as Backup MX all incoming mails will be checked for spam and blacklists.
Downside: you need to create all domains and email addresses that you want to receive backup mx manually (maybe this has been changed with 0.14 but didn't read the patch notes yet).
https://github.com/andryyy/mailcow
You would set up the backup mx server with the identical configuration as the primary mx.
Then you add the backup mx to the dns configuration but with a higher numerical priority number than the primary mx.
Was toying with this, and it's broken when trying to add a zone.
That's the easy part. What about having the primary MX pull (or maybe backup MX push?) accumulated emails after primary MX is back online?