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
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