>I'd actually say, "Yes, and either or both servers can have an MX >record." Mail processing will be distributed across equal-cost MXs.
but without Imail peering, which I don't recommend for him, "distributed across" >But there's no reason to give each server an MX record if your traffic >patterns are not actually equal. if you want the mail to get to right mailbox, you need separte MX's for each non-peered mailbox server. > > Imail SMTP peering will peer incoming mail only, not pop or web. you will > > need separate hostnames for each imail server, as above. > >You don't need two MXs, though. without peering, you do Len www.menandmice.com/DNS-training : DNS Training BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND for NT4 & W2K IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
