Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: expanding beyond one mailhost

2004-11-05 Thread Nick
On 4 Nov 2004 at 16:01, Colbeck, Andrew wrote: Hi Andrew - An Off Topic thread ... On various domains I administer, a single point of failure mailhost has been good enough, but I'm shortly going to add a second host on a second network for redundancy. If you are looking for a location or

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: expanding beyond one mailhost

2004-11-05 Thread Mark E. Smith
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 8:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: expanding beyond one mailhost On 4 Nov 2004 at 16:01, Colbeck, Andrew wrote: Hi Andrew - An Off Topic thread ... On various domains I

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: expanding beyond one mailhost

2004-11-05 Thread Colbeck, Andrew
Thanks, everyone. I was hoping for more war stories, or specific gotchas with more ornate configurations, so I'm suprised at the few responses. For example, I've noted that IMail has a queuing problem with HotMail advertising MX servers that don't actually accept mail, or that don't exist, which

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: expanding beyond one mailhost

2004-11-05 Thread Matt
Colbeck, Andrew wrote: Thanks, everyone. I was hoping for more war stories, or specific gotchas with more ornate configurations, so I'm suprised at the few responses. For example, I've noted that IMail has a queuing problem with HotMail advertising MX servers that don't actually accept mail, or

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: expanding beyond one mailhost

2004-11-05 Thread Colbeck, Andrew
: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: expanding beyond one mailhost Colbeck, Andrew wrote: Thanks, everyone. I was hoping for more war stories, or specific gotchas with more ornate configurations, so I'm suprised at the few responses. For example, I've noted that IMail has a queuing problem with HotMail advertising MX

[Declude.JunkMail] OT: expanding beyond one mailhost

2004-11-04 Thread Colbeck, Andrew
An Off Topic thread ... On various domains I administer, a single point of failure mailhost has been good enough, but I'm shortly going to add a second host on a second network for redundancy. Now, I understand *how* to do that, but what I would like to hear from those who've been there before

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: expanding beyond one mailhost

2004-11-04 Thread Pete McNeil
On Thursday, November 4, 2004, 7:01:22 PM, Andrew wrote: CA An Off Topic thread ... snip/ CA For example I could keep my single MX record and have round robin on the A CA records. Or I could make a separate MX record and A record for each CA mailhost, or do a classic MX = 10 and MX = 20 with a

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: expanding beyond one mailhost

2004-11-04 Thread Bill Landry
- Original Message - From: Colbeck, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] On various domains I administer, a single point of failure mailhost has been good enough, but I'm shortly going to add a second host on a second network for redundancy. Now, I understand *how* to do that, but what I would

RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: expanding beyond one mailhost

2004-11-04 Thread Mark E. Smith
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colbeck, Andrew Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 7:01 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: expanding beyond one mailhost An Off Topic thread ... On various domains I administer, a single point

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: expanding beyond one mailhost

2004-11-04 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi Mark, Andrew, We have 3 equal MX records and 3 A records for load balancing and redundancy. We also have a 4th MX which is physically off-site that's a lower preference level. I put load-balancing in quotes because we still see our number 1 server take the brunt of the load. Yup, a