On 09/11/06, Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just wondering if there were known MTAs that don't try all MX > records but only the lowest? Is this something that's common? > > Here's the problem. On my lowest MX I do a defer on a lot of things that > are suspicious expecing legitimate email to be delivered to the second > MX which will accept it. But I'm getting some complaints that mail times > out and after X days is returned. It is as if the sending server only > tries the lowest MX. > > So - are there MTAs that are known to not follow the standard rules?
I think you just found one. I'd be very careful with this as you're relying on certain behaviour from partner MTAs over which you've no control. Peter -- Peter Bowyer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
