At 10:30 AM 2/13/2002, Thomas Tempelmann wrote: >Larry Stone wrote: > > >A thought just occurred to me: this backup server needs to be configured > >to relay the mail to you. > >Well, this "backup" mail server is my ISP's mail server and I probably >can't get them to reconfigure it. I made it my backup sever by entering >it into my DNS' MX records with a lower prio than my SIMS. > >With that, the backup mail server has know knowledge of the existing >of my server at all unless it knows that it has to look up the MX >records by itself and find that it should not keep the msgs but >deliver them to the higher prio server. Is that what a properly >configured unix mail server would do automatically?
A mail server that is configured to do that automatically is an open relay and could/should end up on a black list. If you want some mail server to be a secondary for you, you need it configured properly. You need to work with the sysadmin on that server. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
