On Dec 28, 2006, at 9:46 AM, Richard Clayton wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marc Perkel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes > >> All normal >> servers should attempt the lowest MX first. > > sadly, it's not a function of the normality of the client (you don't > mean server when they are sending you email) but of the network :( > > http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon- > 20060320/msg00150.html >
This is not a defense of Mr Perkel's suggestion or against it. Just that I think the comment in the above archive does not apply to Mr Perkel's idea, at least as far as I have understood it, BECAUSE the false secondary is actually on the same host or at least the same local net, so has the same connectivity as the main. At least that is the idea I had from Mr Perkel's descriptions previously. So differences in network connectivity should not exist between the primary and secondary MX. If the secondary MX is actually on a different network somewhere else, then the comments in the archive make sense. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net -- ## 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/
