On Tuesday 19 April 2005 11:57, David Cary Hart wrote: > On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 09:45 -0400, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > > Hello, > > I have my own domain, let's say: myrealname.org. I already set up a mail > > server (mail.myrealname.org) and MX record for that domain, with MX = 10 > > and it works just fine. > > > > What I need help is with the following. > > I want to setup a backup mail server with MX = 20, so in case the main > > mail server is down, the backup mail server will collect the incoming > > mail. The backup mail server, let's call it myothermachine.org is on > > another network. How do I set up the backup mail server (using sendmail) > > to do the following > > You may want to think about that since backup mx is a spam magnet. These > days servers re-try for long enough durations to eliminate the need for > backup mx. Could you elaborate more how the backup mx could be any more of a "spam magnet" then the main MX ? I am interested to learn. Thank you. RDB -- Reuben D. Budiardja Dept. Physics and Astronomy University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GIT/M/MU/P/S d-(++) s: a-- C++(+++) UL++++ P-- L+++>++++ E- W+++ N+ o? K- w--- !O M- V? !PS !PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X R- tv+ b++>+++ DI D(+) G e++>++++ h+(*) r++ y->++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
