mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a system that I want to run qmail as a backup MX server.
> I have all the domains I want to accept mail for in control/rcpthosts.
[...]
> Sorry. Although I'm listed as a best-preference MX or A for that host,
> it isn't in my control/locals file, so I don't treat it as local. (#5.4.6)
>
> What am I doing wrong?
If you want your qmail server to act as a backup MX for a domain, there has to
be another MX record of higher priority (lower distance number) published in
the DNS.
i.e. if you want mail.foo.net to act as a backup MX for example.org, and there
is an MX record for example.org with distance 10 pointing to mail.foo.net ,
there has to be another MX record for example.org, with a distance of _less_
than 10, pointing to another mail server. This is so mail.foo.net knows where
to send the mail next.
You can also use smtproutes, but that's another story.
Charles
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