> On Thursday 25 January 2007 22:51, Tony Heal wrote: > > 1. DNS MX records - How can I have 2 email server? I already have a > > second and third email server set up for mail bagging set at priority 10 > > and 20. Can I set up a forth MX with a priority between the first(5) and > > second(10) at say 7? Will this cause emails to first go to the primary > > email server (5) then if a recipient is not found try the second MX > > record(7)? I am not real sure how all this works. > > No. If you have multiple records with falling priority, other mail servers > will try them in order and move on to the secondary MX if the primary one is > down or replies with a temporary error status. "Recipient not found" is > normally a permanent condition. You could, theoretically, return temporary > errors from the "wrong" servers for recipients that exist at some other > server, but that's not how things are supposed to work.
OK, I know enough about exim to be really dangerous. Any idea how I set up exim to relay for only a limited set of users? i.e. just the 3 or 4 test users to start. > > 2. related to the first but a little different. Is there any way on a > > debian Linux system using a very old version of exim (3.35) to have a > > system user with no email address, so that I can set myself up on the test > > email system, or do I have to simply forward my emails. > > I'm not entirely sure what you mean here. Don't you want to test sending mail > to that user? Debian the way you ad email users is simply to add a system user and exim automatically adds the email user. I want to know if it is possible to separate the 2. I will be one of the test users on the new email system and I would rather remove my email account than forward all emails to the new server. Tony -- ## 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/
