<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div>My mailboxes are on a Dovecot (IMAP) server.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">On DNS there is an MX record pointing to the server.</div><div>To read the mail I use Roundcube.</div><div>If the server is down, I lose the new mail.</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to do two things, alternatively.</div><div><br></div><div>First option.</div><div>1) I keeep the mail on the provider's server, restoring the original MX record.</div><div>2) Dovecot does not receive the mail, but should go to download it.</div><div>3) I can access the server with Roundcube to read the downloaded mail, but if the server is down I can always go to read the mail on the provider's server with its webmail</div><div><br></div><div>Second option</div><div>I install a second mail server and the two have to replicate the mail.</div><div>But I don't know how to do it, so I need a guide with instructions.</div><div>Furthermore Roundcube would always access only one server and if this is down, how can I connect to the second one?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This is a typical situation for webmail like Yahoo, Outlook or GMail, but I'm not Yahoo, Microsoft and Google ;)<br><br>Thanks in advance for any advice.<br><br></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>