> Instead  of using the hosts file to define the IPs and DOMAINS could
> you  not  create  a  zone  on  your own DNS server for the domain in
> question and then define 2 MX records? In this case when the primary
> goes  down  it  will flip to the secondary by itself? Then you would
> not need to put it into the hosts file.

> Or is this not a good idea?

It's  a great idea, but it won't work with IMail because of the way it
uses  HOSTS  as  a  reference for remote domains. However, see my next
post for how you can make this usable.

--Sandy


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