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bruceb
09-24-2007, 03:47 AM
Is DiscountASP using only 1 server for all the emails?

I've migrated to SmarterMail, and now all the email services (POP3, IMAP, SMTP, WebMail) are all pointing to the same IP!

Even the MX Record is pointing tosm04DOTinternetmailserverDOTnet(which is the same IP as the other services).

In the old system, even when the POP3 was slow/down, the IMAP was usually working.

I would expect that they would have seperate servers for the services, and to spread out the task between different machines.

Am I missing something, or had DiscountASP been drinking the SmarterMail kool-aid, and the are relying too much on that?

bruce
09-24-2007, 05:54 AM
No. We have many smarter mail servers.


To avoid confusion, POP3/IMAP/SMTP service is handled by a single IP address.


Bruce

DiscountASP.NET
www.DiscountASP.NET (http://www.DiscountASP.NET)

bruceb
09-24-2007, 06:38 AM
Thank you for clarifying that.

I didn't think of that reason (that you do it to simplify things). Thanks for that too. http://community.discountasp.net/emoticons/smile.gif

bruce
09-24-2007, 08:17 AM
Yeah.. it was a pain when we had different address. People running their own DNS always mess up their A record.


Bruce

DiscountASP.NET
www.DiscountASP.NET (http://www.DiscountASP.NET)