I would like to check if I am understanding setting a backup MX correctly.

Am I missing something here ?


DNS settings
example.com   primary-mx.example.com 10
example.com   backup-mx.example.com  20

Backup MX postfix settings 

 /etc/postfix/main.cf:
     myorigin = example.com
     mydestination =

     local_recipient_maps =
     local_transport = error:local mail delivery is disabled

     relay_domains = example.com
     relay_recipient_maps = lmdb:/etc/postfix/relay_recipients

     maximal_queue_lifetime = 7d

/etc/postfix/relay_recipients:
     [email protected]   OK
     [email protected]   OK

/etc/postfix/master.cf:
     relay     unix  -       -       n       -       -       smtp
        -o syslog_name=postfix/relay

     #Comment out the local delivery agent
     # local     unix  -       n       n       -       -       local



Thanks



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