Hi Peter, On Sat, 24 Nov 2018 08:21:46 +0100 "Peter J. Philipp" wrote:
> ... the MX priority was all the same in DNS ... This is a vastly different scenario to Mik's question. Not the same... > .... backup MX's too I think with a higher priority field in DNS, > ... all they did was queue the mail and wait for the main mail hosts > to come back from whatever caused them to be down, then they'd > deliver the mail there. It was just a relayer. Yes, that is what Mik was asking about;- The MX backup servers spool mail while the primary mail servers are down, then relay over SMTP when the primary can recieve the spooled mail. > ... A solution is to use dot-lock files ... Maildirs solve the hideous problems of mboxes... whether on NFS or not. Cheers, -- Craig Skinner | http://linkd.in/yGqkv7 -- You received this mail because you are subscribed to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send a mail to: [email protected]
