two zimbra internal email

[pinoy_steal]

Hi,

I have 1 zimbra internal email setup. It is running fine. My questions are can I have another zimbra internal email running on different box then this two internal zimbra are can see each other.

My purpose for this are to archive all incoming and outgoing email of all users on zimbra to another zimbra server using postfix always_bcc.

Thanks,

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by pinoy_steal

I have 1 zimbra internal email setup. It is running fine. My questions are can I have another zimbra internal email running on different box then this two internal zimbra are can see each other.

Yes, of course you can.

[pinoy_steal]

thanks for the respond.

How can I do it. Because I install already two internal zimbra. But this two zimbra server cannot see each other. When I email user@abc.com to user@xyz.com it always respond a bounce back. Can you give me some idea on this. thanks

[phoenix]

Have you set-up valid DNS A & MX records for the second server?

[pinoy_steal]

Hi,

Yes I setup DNS A & MX record on second server.

This is my config of two zimbra server

Server 1
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf

options {
directory "/var/named";
dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
forwarders { 208.67.222.222 ; };
};
include "/etc/rndc.key";
// We are the master server for mailserver.abc.com
zone "zimbra.abc.com" {
type master;
file "db.zimbra.abc.com";

/var/named/chroot/var/named/db.zimbra.abc.com

;
; Address and other host information.
;
@ IN SOA zimbra.abc.com. hostmaster.zimbra.abc.com. (
10118 ; Serial
43200 ; Refresh
3600 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
2592000 ) ; Minimum

; Define the nameservers and the mail servers
IN NS 192.168.23.201
IN A 192.168.23.201
IN MX 10 zimbra.abc.com.

------------

Server 2
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf

options {
directory "/var/named";
dump-file "/var/named/data/cache_dump.db";
statistics-file "/var/named/data/named_stats.txt";
forwarders { 192.168.23.201 ; };
};

include "/etc/rndc.key";
// We are the master server for zimbra.xyz.com
zone "zimbra.xyz.com" {
type master;
file "db.zimbra.xyz.com";
};

/var/named/chroot/var/named/db.zimbra.xyz.com

;
; Addresses and other host information.
;
@ IN SOA zimbra.xyz.com. hostmaster.zimbra.xyz.com. (
100118 ; Serial
43200 ; Refresh
3600 ; Retry
3600000 ; Expire
2592000 ) ; Minimum
;
; Define the nameservers and the mail servers
;
IN NS 192.168.23.203
IN A 192.168.23.203
IN MX 10 zimbra.xyz.com.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by pinoy_steal

Yes I setup DNS A & MX record on second server.

You need one DNS server that has DNS records for both Zimbra servers otherwise they'll never see each other.

[pinoy_steal]

Originally Posted by phoenix

You need one DNS server that has DNS records for both Zimbra servers otherwise they'll never see each other.

Can you guide me on how setup one DNS server that has records for both zimbra servers.

I setup zimbra using split dns. Maybe on first zimbra I can setup the DNS record for the second zimbra server.

Thanks

[phoenix]

Just add the records for the second server to the DNS server on your first server and modify the resolv.con to point to that server.

[pinoy_steal]

Can you give example on this. Because I try to add DNS record on my first server (to see the second server) then on second server I modify the resolv.conf to point on first server. But it still not working.

Thanks

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by pinoy_steal

Can you give example on this. Because I try to add DNS record on my first server (to see the second server) then on second server I modify the resolv.conf to point on first server. But it still not working.

Go to the Split DNS article and run the commands in the 'Verify ...' section' on both of your servers to confirm that your settings are correct or what's actually wrong with them.