Jason, Imail should try each MX server it finds from dns and if it can't connect to any of them it should report the mx connect fail in the logs and just leave the message queued for the next queue run. It tries an A record if no MX records and sometimes it tries an A record even if there are MX records. I don't see why it would attempt a local delivery last though.
Could you post some log snippets showing this? Terry Fritts Saturday, June 29, 2002 you wrote: JN> mx connect fail". After checking their dns, telneting to their JN> box, etc., I have found out that their system is down. The JN> question I have, is that after our system attempts to send this JN> message to them and fails, it then tries to send the e-mail using JN> our local system. Obviously this fails (550 - Not local JN> host)because we are not allowing open relaying. I'm just not sure JN> why it tries to send using our system. 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/
