Hello, This is still a mystery to me. Could somebody explain, or point me in the right direction, as to how this all REALLY works? And also, to make sure things are configured correctly (on the secondary server)?
What is the overall process, on how mail gets routed - and the criteria that has to be met, before a Primary mail server is given up on, and then gets sent to the secondary server? Obviously, it all begins with DNS - you have preferences using numbers. The lower the number, the higher the priority the Mail Server is. So, the first MX gets a setting like '10', and the secondary MX gets a setting like '20'. Once that is done - what really happens, if in fact, the primary server is unreachable? Does the secondary Mail Server actually need to have all the User Accounts and Domains that the first server has in order to accept messages? OR, does it accept literally everything, and then spools the mail, once the Primary Mail Server is reachable again. And that leads me to the next question - how does the secondary Server know that it just accepted mails (temporarily) for a primary server, and that it's supposed to periodically contact the Primary - so it can offload all the mail it's been accumulating this whole time? If somebody could explain the whole process, or refer me to an article of some type, I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance, Mike _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
