Secondary MX (was Re: [Mimedefang] What is the order of things thatoccur)

[David F. Skoll]

Steve Campbell wrote:

> Creating, and syncing a user database, would be the proper way to go if
> dual MXs are used. I agree. My first thread's replies convinced me of
> that. Just getting management to go along with it is a huge problem
> here.

So don't tell them.

You say "I have a secondary MX set up, and it works great!  If the
primary MX is down, the secondary will queue mail for real recipients and
reject mail for nonexistent recipients."  You don't need to give more
details than that. :-)

--
David.