i thought this was only happening to me. We have an ISP config the primary mx for outgoing and secondary mx for incoming. We got complaints when they tried to send to this particular email account. "unknown host" is the errors. We temporary fixed in the hosts files as Sharyn did.
cheers fkong ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharyn Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:13 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Second MX ignored in IMail 7.14 > As a temporary workaround, I entered a line in the IMail server's HOSTS > file, pointing the name mailserver.maildomain.com to the IP of > backupserver.provider.com. > > Is this a known issue with IMail? Can anybody deliver successfully to > the 2nd MX? I could find nothing within when I searched Ipswitch KB and > Mailing List Archives. > > > Please tell me this has been fixed in 7.14. I have been having to add > host file entries with 6.05 and was hoping that my upgrade tomorrow > would take care of having to maintain a hosts file. > > 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. For > more information, please click (go to) <html><a href="http://www.cruzanrums.com";>www.cruzanrums.com</a></html> > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
