At 4:56 PM -0800 01/07/2003, Paul Didzerekis wrote: > >I just looked at the router section of the SIMS manual and found the following: > >"Finally, if no record is found, the messages is routed. If the domain name is not >empty, the messages is routed to the SMTP module for delivery to the E-mail address >specified by the resulting local and domain parts." > >That seems to mean that if the message was not meant for a local account on the >backup server then SIMS SMTP module will try to send the message on to the proper >SMTP server, my primary.
Yes, but only if it is first *accepted by* the secondary. If it is not for a local account on the secondary, it will not be accepted for delivery to another machine *unless there's a router entry* telling it to do so. >So it would seem to me that if the primary was down then the foreign SMTP server >would then deliver the message to the second level MX machine per DNS settings, my >backup. Which will not accept it unless you have that router entry telling it to accept mail for "3-rivers.com" and to send it on. If not, the sender will get a "We do not relay" error and the mail will not be accepted. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
