OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email

Wed Jul 6 08:35:45 UTC 2005

--On Tuesday, July 5, 2005 12:02 -1000 Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:

>
>> The principle purpose of the secondary mx, in this case, is to accept
>> email for the primary mx during periods where the primary is down
>
> and the sending smtp server has no spool.  i.e. no useful
> purpose.
>
> today, the primary purpose of secondary mxs is to receive spam.
>
Or, perhaps one wants more direct control over the how long you can be down
before things bounce policy.  A secondary MX allows that.  The fuse on the
sending spool is at the discretion of the person running the senders 
mailserver.
The time limit on your secondary MX is, presumably, somewhat under your own
control.

There are other legitimate purposes as well.

Owen

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