Cost is not usually considered in relation to timing, if that is what you
mean. You could have the second MX set to 10,000 and the individual MTA will
still deal with it according to its preferences.
Ideally if the MTA cannot reach the primary for whatever reason, it will
immediately fall over to the second. RFC 2821, section 5.
--
be - MOS
I never cheated an honest man, only rascals. They wanted something for
nothing. I gave them nothing for something.
-- Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Berger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:36 PM
> To: Exchange Discussions
> Subject: Re: Backup MX Record for Alternate Exchange 5.5 Server
>
>
> > How long will mail be attempted to be delivered to
> mail.mycompany.com
> > before it is automatically sent to mail2.mycompany.com
> instead? Is this
> > something that I can control or does it depend on the sender's mail
> > server?
>
> Sorry, brain working faster than hands. I should have
> mentioned that I'm
> going to have the MX records as follows:
> mail.mycompany.com x.x.x.x cost=10
> mail2.mycompany.com y.y.y.y cost=20
>
> -Rob
>
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