Ned Slider wrote:
> Bowie Bailey wrote:
>
>> Joseph L. Casale wrote:
>>
>>> 2. I use backup mx's, my current solution probably could work in this scenario but
>>> the support mechanism behind it is *very* weak and I can't get a perfect setup
>>> working. Spam hits the primary for a domain, gets blocked and then tries my secondary
>>> which sometimes accepts it, after which the primary always accepts from the secondary.
>>>
>>>
>> If you have a secondary mx, it MUST have the same (if not more
>> aggressive) spam prevention as your primary for this exact reason. You
>> also need to make sure that the secondary can reject mail for
>> non-existent users so you don't send backscatter when the primary
>> rejects the mail.
>>
>>
>
> Personally I'd just drop the secondary mx completely and let the sending
> smtp server queue the mail whenever you're offline. Makes life a lot
> simpler.
>
I agree. That's why I started with "IF you have a secondary..." :)
--
Bowie
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