Re: [IMail Forum] Store and Forward with IMail

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so what should be the proper input for the MX Records?   Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: Len Conrad To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Store and Forward with IMail Kirk, You're right, strictly and academically speaking, but I wasn't wrong "in practice" if the relayed domain is known not to be reachable (dial up/off-line or occulted by firewall). Len ============= > Yeah, your Imail box is called 'bastion mail host' (aka, sacrifical goat) > outside the firewall.  To have Imail relay mail for the Exchange box: > > 1. in NT hosts file on the Imail box: > > exhangebox.com     <ipaddress>  (this maybe the external i/f of the firewall) > > 2. in your DNS: > > exchangebox.com      IN    1  MX    imailbox.com No, the host you're forwarding to should be the preferred MX record, with your box as the secondary, thus yours will store the mail if the preferred server isn't available;    IN      MX     100  mail.exchangebox.com    IN      MX     200  mail.imailbox.com