>But since they have their own mail server/dedicated line, they do their 
>own sending.

ok.

>All that's necessary for us to provide backup services is the MX record 
>and a hosts entry?  That's not bad.

no

>Is hosts used for anything else?

yes, Imail, and most other tcp/ip apps, will use it to resolve any domain 
name before Imail queries DNS.

Len

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