On Saturday, May 21, 2005, 15:03:59, Panda Consulting S.A. Luis Alberto Arango wrote: > ... > Is that a standard Imail Behavior? To connect it uses the first IP reported > on every MX record, and if the connection fails it goes to the next MX > record, but doesn't even try to use other IPs in the same MX record found > first?
RFC 2821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol section 5. Address Resolution and Mail Handling Although the capability to try multiple alternative addresses is required, specific installations may want to limit or disable the use of alternative addresses. The question of whether a sender should attempt retries using the different addresses of a multihomed host has been controversial. The main argument for using the multiple addresses is that it maximizes the probability of timely delivery, and indeed sometimes the probability of any delivery; the counter- argument is that it may result in unnecessary resource use. ... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The avalanche has already started, it is too Rod Dorman late for the pebbles to vote." � Ambassador Kosh 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/
