If I stop my primary mailserver then my secondary correctly stores the mail.
ok
But I have a DSL customer that runs his own mailserver (not MS Exchange).
His DNS looks like this (just like all the others):
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eurovat.com.IN A 63.209.65.120
eurovat.com.IN
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If I stop my primary mailserver then my secondary correctly
stores the mail.
ok
But I have a DSL customer that runs his own mailserver (not MS Exchange).
His DNS looks like this (just like all the others
Hang on a second. The only un-resolvable address was for the primary MX
record (dsl-64-32-etc...). Shouldn't it try to delivery to the secondary MX
record in that case?
the query is "give me the MX records for domain.com".
If domain.com isn't resolvable, then no records from the domain.com
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Hang on a second. The only un-resolvable address
But domain.com is resolvable. It resolves to an IP address on our server.
The secondary MX record resolved too. It was only the primary MX record for
the domain that didn't resolve.
??? the query is "give me the MX records for domain.com". The
domain.com file contains these records. It the
But domain.com is resolvable. It resolves to an IP address on our
server.
That's the A record, as in if you try going to "http://domain.com". IMail will use
that if it can't get an MX record.
The secondary MX record resolved too. It was only the
primary MX record for the domain that
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But domain.com is resolvable. It resolves to an IP address on our server.
The secondary MX record resolved too. It was only the primary MX record for
the domain that didn't resolve.
??? the query is "give me the MX records for domai
Does IPSwitch pay you?
Nope. I'm unemployed, how do you think I have the time to answer all
these questions?? vbg
Len
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Len,
Maybe you should talk to IPSwitch! haha
Thanks for all the usefull information all the time,
Grant Griffith
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They should
Hi Len,
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If a DNS server can't resolve the MX record for the primary mailhost (i.e.
corrupted zone file), is it correct that the secondary mailhost (backup
mailserver) will then not be used?
Jonas Fornander - System Administrator
Netwood Communications, LLC - www.netwood.net
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If a DNS server can't resolve the MX record for the primary mailhost (i.e.
corrupted zone file), is it correct that the secondary mailhost (backup
mailserver) will then not be used?
If the zone file's MX records are not obtainable at all (not primary,
secondary MX) then the fall back is for
]]On Behalf Of Len Conrad
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If a DNS server can't resolve the MX record for the primary
mailhost (i.e.
corrupted zone file), is it correct that the secondary mailhost (backup
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