Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the difference in the 2 commands is that SMTP does full MX lookups whereas SMTPRELAY delivers directly to the specified server. You don't want your secondary xmail server to do MX lookups otherwise it will create a delivery loop.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vitor > Renato Alves de Brito > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [xmail] Re: XMail as a Second MX > > > > Hi, > > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Jeffrey Laramie wrote: > > > > > This comes up often and I think I need to add this topic to > my guide. > > Yes, and Davide put a better explanation about it on its > Readme file :-) > Maybe a section about how to XMail works as a secondary/backup server. > > Thanks. > > > I use "smtprelay" and it seems to work correctly. I recall there was > > some discussion on the list about this months ago and Davide stated > > that "smtprelay" was the correct command. Can anyone else confirm > > this? > > > > Jeff > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
