>Is it by default that your incoming mail will be queue'd on the nearest mail
>server
no
> on the internet if your own mail server is down for a period of time?
If your mail server has "backup MX" servers defined in DNS records,
then when your primary MX mail server is unreachable, then then the
sending mail should attempt to deliver the mail to the backup MX's,
which will accept the mail and try to deliver it to the primary MX.
Len
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