Right... thanks for clearing that up for me. I always thought there was some magic there... appears it is a relatively simple and easy thing to do! Its a wonder more servers don't have this implemented!
Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Kent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 2:49 PM Subject: Re: Secondary MX record for mail backup It's just a relay with an MX record, it will queue if it can't deliver it. Regards Tim Kent >>> "Jason Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/23/02 11:38am >>> Hi all, Does anyone have any pointers or a doc file somewhere on how to setup a secondary MX server. Basically, if the primary MX is down, then try the secondary MX (or at least compliant mail servers should try secondary MX...). The secondary MX server should more-or-less spool/store the messages, and as soon as the primary MX comes backup, send the messages back to it. Thus, no mail is lost or bounced, and everything is back to normal as soon as the primary MX comes back up. I run qmail.... but if need be, something else can be run if it makes a big difference here. Hopefully some of you have already done this a hundred times and can send me on the right track :-) TIA. Sincerely, Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
