I don't think it's a dumb question. What you can probably do is to create a lookup table on the primary MX do direct the mail to it's final destination (LDAP or SQL). Alternatively, you can make the secondary MX as your "spillover" server using Postfix.
-----Original Message----- From: Gerald Timothy Quimpo [mailto:gquimpo@;sni-inc.com] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 12:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [plug] MX questions hi all, i have what seems to be a dumb question but i'll ask it anyway. i am working with a company that owns a domain (e.g., abc.org). they currently have an MX entry for abc.org. the primary MX host is mail.someisp.com with the secondary MX host being mail2.someisp.com. i'm trying to get them to run their own mail server. that will take some time. in the meantime, is it possible (or a good idea) to have *two MX hosts with the same preference? this is because their current ISP won't give them any more email addresses, and they need more. i'd like to be able to have a parallel (same preference level) MX for their domain hosted on one of my boxes. i know i could just create a subdomain (e.g., mail.abc.org). i may fall back to that yet. but if i can give them email [EMAIL PROTECTED] that would be forwarded to *my* server if they're not at their primary MX server, that would be better. tiger -- Gerald Timothy Quimpo tiger*quimpo*org gquimpo*sni-inc.com tiger*sni*ph Veritas liberabit vos. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
