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<div>Your setup below is essentially correct. For example, you could
have:</div>
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<div>shortclip.com.<x-tab> 
</x-tab><x-tab>       
</x-tab>MX<x-tab>      </x-tab>10 
mail.shortclip.com.</div>
<div>shortclip.com.<x-tab> 
</x-tab><x-tab>       
</x-tab>MX<x-tab>      </x-tab>20 
relay.shortclip.com.</div>
<div>staff.shortclip.com.<x-tab>   
</x-tab>MX<x-tab>      </x-tab>10 
staff.shortclip.com.</div>
<div>staff.shortclip.com.<x-tab>   
</x-tab>MX<x-tab>      </x-tab>20 
relay.shortclip.com.</div>
<div>mail.shortclip.com.<x-tab>    
</x-tab>A<x-tab>      
</x-tab>192.168.0.1</div>
<div>relay.shortclip.com.<x-tab>   
</x-tab>A<x-tab>      
</x-tab>192.168.0.2</div>
<div>staff.shortclip.com.<x-tab>   
</x-tab>A<x-tab>      
</x-tab>192.168.0.3</div>
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<div>This way, mail for <user@shortclip.com> is routed to
mail.shortclip.com. Mail for <user@staff.shortclip.com> is
routed to staff.shortclip.com. If either of those servers is down,
mail destined for that server is rerouted to relay.shortclip.com, your
backup mail server for both domains.</div>
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<div>Here's how an MX record works (ignoring the priority numbers):
The name of the record (the part on the left) is what shows up in the
email address. The name in the data section (the part on the right) is
the name of the server to which that message gets routed.</div>
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<div>You can have as many MX records with the same priority number as
you want, all in the same zone file, without causing any confusion of
mail delivery, so long as the names of the records are
different.</div>
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<div>At 11:50 PM -0400 6/4/01, john wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>is it possible for a domain to have two
distinct mail servers?</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>I know about the MX
preferences/priorities..how to set up a back up server.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>BUT... what i want is this:</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>mail.shortclip.com  
00.00.00.000</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>mail3.shortclip.com
00.00.00.001</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>and two  separate accounts ie: 
someone@shortclip.com and someoneElse@mail3.shortclip.com</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>so that mail3.shortclip.com goes to it's
own box with it's own IP?</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>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?</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Do I set up  two  MX records
with the same priority, but that resolve to two differnt
IP's?</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3"> shortclip.com </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab> </x-tab></font><font face="Arial"
size="-3"> MX </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>    </x-tab></font><font face="Arial"
size="-3"> 10 </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>    </x-tab></font><font face="Arial"
size="-3"> mail.shortclip.com  </font><font
face="Arial" size="+1"> (main  server)</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3"> shortclip.com </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab> </x-tab></font><font face="Arial"
size="-3"> MX </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>    </x-tab></font><font face="Arial"
size="-3"> 20 </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>    </x-tab></font><font face="Arial"
size="-3"> mail2.shortclip.com  (back-up
server)</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3">mail.shortclip.com </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>     </x-tab></font><font
face="Arial" size="-3"> A </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>     </x-tab></font><font
face="Arial" size="-3">  </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>      </x-tab></font><font
face="Arial" size="-3"> 24.147.23.107</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3">mail2.shortclip.com </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>    </x-tab></font><font face="Arial"
size="-3"> A </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>     </x-tab></font><font
face="Arial" size="-3">  </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>      </x-tab></font><font
face="Arial" size="-3"> 24.147.23.105</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3"><b>mail3.shortclip.com </b></font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>    </x-tab></font><font face="Arial"
size="-3"> MX </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>    </x-tab></font><font face="Arial"
size="-3"> 10 </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>    </x-tab></font><font face="Arial"
size="-3"> mail3.shortclip.com  </font><font
face="Arial" size="+1"> (alternate  server?)  This line 
I think  is NOT right????  What goes in the bold
part?</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3">mail3.shortclip.com </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>    </x-tab></font><font face="Arial"
size="-3"> A </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>     </x-tab></font><font
face="Arial" size="-3">  </font><font face="Arial"
size="+1"><x-tab>      </x-tab></font><font
face="Arial" size="-3"> 24.147.23.xxx</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-3">As it is now
mail2 only kicks in if mail.shortclip.com is down,
correct?</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-3">How do 
I  get mail.  and mail3.  BOTH to work at the same
time, not instead of one  or the the 
other?</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-3">Sorry if
this is confusing or  ignorant.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3">Thanks</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-3">john</font></blockquote>
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