On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Martin Randall wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I want to run a second mail server.
>
> I'm curious of how you do this.
>
> I know about the MX, but if the accounts are on the primary mail server, and it goes
>down, how do you ensure the the accounts and mail are duplicated on the second sever.
>
> Does that make sense ?
A secondary MX doesn't function as a secondary pop. It only recieves the
mail and will continually attempt to forward it until the lower priority
smtp server comes back to life.
Pop and SMTP are two different entities.
