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.   ...


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