IMail _will_ use the 2nd MX only if there is no response from the first. Response is considered any kind of connection to port 25 on the receiving end. so, if you telnet to port 25 of the foreign server and get anything other than a 5xx or no connect then IMail will properly not go any further in its delivery process.
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharyn Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:20 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] Imail and secondary MX records > Good Monday, Everyone. > > I am wondering if there is a way to tell IMAIL to look at a secondary MX > record, without hardcoding the IP address into a hosts file? > > I had this problem two weeks ago, and with the advice of some of the > Imail guru's on here, added an entry to my IMAIL servers HOSTS file and > was able to resolve the problem. > > Now, I find I am having the exact same problem again, this week, with > sending mail to varianinc.com. > > Once again, adding an entry to the HOSTs file, listing their secondary > mail server IP address has solved the problem, but this fix makes me > very uneasy for obvious reasons. > > Is this a bug in IMAIL or just due to poor DNS setup? > > TIA, > Sharyn > > > We are the worldwide producer and marketer of the award winning Cruzan > Single Barrel Rum, judged "Best in the World" at the annual > San Francisco Wine and Spirits Championships, and the > artisan tequilas of Porfidio 100% Agave Tequilas, judged "Best > Tequila" four years running by the Wine Enthusiast magazine. For > more information, please click (go to) <html><a href="http://www.cruzanrums.com";>http://</a><a href="http://www.cruzanrums";>www.cruzanrums.com</a></html> > > 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/ > 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/
