MX preferences the same
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Fri Mar 24 00:58:17 UTC 2000
> So if I my prefs are:
>
> IN MX 5 mailhub.domain.com.au
> IN MX 5 mailhub2.domain.com.au
> IN MX 5 mailhub3.domain.com.au
>
> and the MTA's are RFC compliant, a mail message sent to that domain will
> arrive on all 3 machines?
No. Just one. It will attempt delivery on all machines until it
succeeds.
>
> I thought the purpose of having the same preference was to balance the load a
> s
> the mailhub selected is random?
It is.
Mark
>
> > If the MTAs attempting delivery are RFC compliant delivery
> > will be attempted to both machines. This is a MUST in the
> > relevent RFC.
> >
>
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