Re: When will qmail back off to the next MX?

[Adam D . McKenna]

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 11:45:23AM -0700, Racer X wrote:
> part of the problem, for me at least, is that it is impossible to guarantee
> that secondary MX's will, in fact, accept mail for the domain they are
> supposed to be MX'ing for.  i'd rather hold the mail for a couple days in my
> queue and deliver it directly to the host than pass it off to a secondary
> that may or may not handle it correctly.  at least if i pass it directly to
> the host i can guarantee that it's his fault if he loses it then, as opposed
> to getting a third party involved.

That's not your problem though.  If they advertise a secondary MX, it should
be configured properly to accept mail.  The problem here is really teh
behavior of the raptor firewall.  Connections that should be refused or
dropped are being accepted.  Raptor should either change this policy or proxy
MX correctly.

--Adam