Search Again: Re: MX priorities... From: Guy Jones Date: Monday, July 19, 2004 Time: 9:53:33 pm You can configure your mail server secondary not to hold mail but relay it to your primary server so your client has to check only one server. We used to do that but now we check both servers in our client because if the primary server is down you can not get the mail out from the secondary until you get the primary going again. at 1:24 AM +0200 on 7/20/04, Clark Lowry N7AAC wrote: >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. -- Regards, Guy Jones _____________________________________________ The Nova Group <http://www.novaint.com > <mailto:guy.jones@novaint.com>

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