On Fri, 30 May 2003, Wolfy wrote: > Hi, > > How does XMail go about sending mail to secondary mail servers? > > I have some people trying to send mail to a domain that is configured to > receive ALL mail to the secondary server (higher mail server priority in MX > record), and then their secondary server forwards it to their primary > server. Their primary mail server (lower mail server priority) resolves in > a DNS lookup, and works some of the time. But I think they take it off > line at night-time, and then it does not respond to pings or anything else > (a tracert actually enters a never-ending loop, just to complicate matters > a little more.) > > When their primary server is offline, it appears that XMail continues to > try to send the mail to their primary server, and bounces it back without > trying the secondary server. > Are there settings or something I should look at changing to encourage our > mail server to attempt to send it to their secondary server if the primary > fails? > I'm not sure if this is an XMail problem or a DNS issue.
It's hard to believe. The only way that XMail bounces on the first MX is because it receives a 5xx response. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
