I use tcpserver -q -h so I don't get alot of tcpserver/qmail chatter.
Paul Farber
Farber Technology
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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Greg Owen wrote:
> > Is there any way to tell if and when a secondary MX has been
> > in use? Log files? Does qmail-send/remote log any specific
> > messages to indicate the message was recieved/delivered
> > because the primary MX was not available?
>
> If you're logging mail transactions, just look at that log and you
> can see when and how much it is doing. If it came in because the primary
> was unavailable, you'll see a bunch of messages queue up and then all flush
> at once when the primary comes back. But the logs don't flat-out tell you
> "hey, the primary looks like it is down."
>
> I just set up a secondary last month and one thing I'm noticing is
> that it has a low but steady amount of traffic even with the primary
> working, and that a disproportionately high amount of it is SPAM. I suspect
> some SPAM software targets non-primary MX hosts on the assumption that those
> are neglected when anti-SPAM measures are put in place.
>
> --
> gowen -- Greg Owen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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