I have another server also "devap02" with the same configuration.

Couple of points/questions/queries here.

1. I know these servers are having old dovecot versions. I would like to upgrade to the latest versions. Could you please suggest the steps for upgrading to the latest version in redhat (step by step details are helpful please) . If I upgrade to the latest version, will there be any impact on the existing configuration/setup?


2. Now I have added these 2 servers behind the Load Balancer. Enabled 110/143 ports on the Load Balancer FQDN (test.pop3.testing.com) and opened the firewall ports. Here I configured IMAP settings from microsoft outlook to see the emails. I gave the Incoming Mail Server & Outgoing mail server as "test.pop3.testing.com". It is configured without errors in Outlook. But I see these 2 types issues (shared storage & individual storage)

   a) individual separate storage - When I send 10 emails to LB FQDN (test.pop3.testing.com), the emails are going to 2 backend servers. But when i see the emails from Outlook inbox, it shows 5 emails from one server for some time. After sometime it shows other 5 emails in the inbox. But, I am not able to see all 10 emails at same time in my inbox. Please suggest how to fix this issue? In this scenario, I have separate individual storage in both the servers.

   b) common shared storage - I have tried a different scenario also. I also have one common NFS storage. So, I have configured that storage in both the servers. So when I sent 10 emails, I see all the 10 emails from both the servers as it is common shared storage. But, I am not getting those 10 emails delivered into my Outlook. I have made all the configuration correctly. Please suggest what is the mistake here.