Search Again: Re: multiple MX records From: Nicolas Murphy Date: Sunday, October 12, 2003 Time: 8:45:19 pm Would setting the priority to 30, 40, 50 allow for primary to respond? Or perhaps I set up duplicate primary records with only the primary changing so as to create multiple tries? >>shed some light on this for me? > >if those are public Internet MXs, and both MXs are always on-line, >then mail going to secondary MX can be from spammers who send to all >MX (or any IP with port 25 listening), or perhaps the primary MX is >not responding quick enough or at all, at times, so legit servers >try the backup. > >Len -- Sincerely, Nicolas Murphy CEO Vendor Nation email: nmurphy@vendornation.com tele: 805.545.7860 fax: 805.545.7806 www.mbdservices.com www.vendornation.com www.monkeybyte.com --- This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.

Messages In This Thread: multiple MX records by Nicolas Murphy on Oct 12, 2003 at 7:56:51 pm Re: multiple MX records by Len Conrad on Oct 12, 2003 at 8:20:54 pm Re: multiple MX records by Nicolas Murphy on Oct 12, 2003 at 8:45:19 pm Re: multiple MX records by Len Conrad on Oct 13, 2003 at 12:01:35 am