Backup mail server?

[Matthew Miller]

On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 08:43:58AM +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> I think that what he meant was not outbound SMTP, but that if a sole MX
> goes down for more than a few hours, anyone trying to send mail to the
> domain(s) served by this server would get "Warning: Message Delayed"
> type messages from their own SMTP relays, and it was this that he wanted
> to avoid, as it might lead his own clients (people, not MUAs) to think
> that his service was unreliable when they discovered this.

In which case a second mail server with a lower MX priority is a great
solution, given the caveat that it needs to be decently maintained and so
on.

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