>I have setup a upstream SMTP server with virus checking installed on it, but
>having one problem. In the DNS record I put BOTH SMTP servers with the
>upstream having a higher priority. Problem is that it always defaults to my
>Imail server and skips the Upstream/Virus SMTP.
Maybe you are suffering from DNS caching your records where you only had
Imail as the MX?
>I works great if I take out the MX record for my Imail server, but then
>what would happen if the upstream failed?
No worse than what happens now if the Imail, sans a-v machine, fails.
btw ,when you get the two MX records working, note that some mail will
always "leak around" to Imail as 2ndary even if the primary really isn't
down, due to sending machines having temporary network difficulty reaching
the a-v box. No big deal, but don't be suprised.
>I am using Windows 2000 and am wondering if this might be a problem (but
>shouldn't be).
Are you talking about obi-wan for dextreme.net? if yes, it is the only MX
that my dig finds at this time.
Len
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