Search Again: Re: MX priorities... From: Clark Lowry N7AAC Date: Monday, July 19, 2004 Time: 4:25:20 pm On Jul 18, 2004, at 7:01 AM, Jeff Folk wrote: > Jeff; > > Put very simply, MX priorities tell the world where your mail should > be delivered for your domain. The lower the number in the MX, the > higher the priority of the mail server. So in: > > domain.com. MX 10 mail1.domain.com. > domain.com. MX 20 mail2.domain.com. > > mail1 would be the primary mail server and mail2 would be the backup > or secondary. You should be aware that many spam engines target > secondary mail servers for delivery because most secondary servers are > not configured as thoughtfully for anti-spam tactics. I myself quit > using secondary mail servers because most MTAs will continue to > deliver mail for several days if your service is down. > > I hope that answers your question. > > Regards; > Jeff > > On Jul 17, 2004, at 8:25 PM, Jeff Justice wrote: > >> Could someone give me a very quick rundown of the significance and >> use of MX priorities? Or point me to a Men And Mice link? As >> non-technical as possible please... >> >> Jeff J. >> >> > > > > I have been slow to put in a secondary mail server because I am not sure how this is handled by the e-mail client. Does it automatically check both servers or do you have to configure some kind of forward.

Messages In This Thread: MX priorities... by Jeff Justice on Jul 17, 2004 at 6:25:53 pm Re: MX priorities... by Jeff Folk on Jul 18, 2004 at 7:01:44 am Re: MX priorities... by Clark Lowry N7AAC on Jul 19, 2004 at 4:25:20 pm Re: MX priorities... by Jeff Folk on Jul 19, 2004 at 6:01:10 pm Re: MX priorities... by Guy Jones on Jul 19, 2004 at 9:53:33 pm