Search Again: can you have two mail servers? From: john Date: Monday, June 4, 2001 Time: 10:20:36 pm is it possible for a domain to have two distinct mail servers? I know about the MX preferences/priorities..how to set up a back up server. BUT... what i want is this: mail.shortclip.com 00.00.00.000 mail3.shortclip.com 00.00.00.001 and two separate accounts ie: someone@shortclip.com and someoneElse@mail3.shortclip.com so that mail3.shortclip.com goes to it's own box with it's own IP? For instance if I want to spread users over two boxes, each with its own server, but essentially under the same domain name? How do I do that? Is it even possible? Do I set up two MX records with the same priority, but that resolve to two differnt IP's? shortclip.com MX 10 mail.shortclip.com (main server) shortclip.com MX 20 mail2.shortclip.com (back-up server) mail.shortclip.com A 24.147.23.107 mail2.shortclip.com A 24.147.23.105 mail3.shortclip.com MX 10 mail3.shortclip.com (alternate server?) This line I think is NOT right???? What goes in the bold part? mail3.shortclip.com A 24.147.23.xxx As it is now mail2 only kicks in if mail.shortclip.com is down, correct? How do I get mail. and mail3. BOTH to work at the same time, not instead of one or the the other? Sorry if this is confusing or ignorant. Thanks john

Messages In This Thread: can you have two mail servers? by john on Jun 4, 2001 at 10:20:36 pm Re: can you have two mail servers? by Men & Mice Support on Jun 5, 2001 at 4:22:09 am