On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, at 10:50am, Adam Romain wrote: > If mailgate1 is always available, will it be the only connector that takes > the mail unless it has reached the maximum number of sessions ?
In theory, yes. In practice, "always available" is not a realistic condition. Some random mail exchanger on the Internet may have trouble contacting mailgate1 for some reason unrelated to your systems, and end up using mailgate2 instead. > If mailgate1 is down, how quickly does the sending SMTP connector give up > and try the next MX record pref, i.e immediately or after a certain retry > parameter ? This is implementation-specific. Most of the SMTP implementations I have seen try the next MX immediately. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
