On Saturday, May 21, 2005, 18:07:00, Panda Consulting S.A. Luis Alberto Arango wrote: > Interesting text. So it is supposed to be required -we still don't know how > Imail handles it- but however it is controversial.
You should read all of section 5 to get all the details. The multiple IP addresses could be from multiple MX records, multihoming, or both. The controversial bit is only about retries using the different addresses of a multihomed host. > To add more information on this topic I found two different ways to > configure MX records from what I believed are serious and recognized > companies, organizations or services. > > ###First one:#### > To have one or more MX records, but every MX record has multiple IP records To be precise its the A record for the hostname that returns the multiple IP addresses. Typically this is done for load balancing. Properly done an unresponsive IP address should never be returned but thats a non-trivial process to do it right. > ... > But I am not sure how Imail handles things when an IP in the Mx record > fails. Does is look for the next IP listed if any, before going to the next > Mx record in the priority order (assuming there is more than one Mx record) Thats a question only Ipswitch can properly answer. -- [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/
