MX for backup link?
Barry Margolin
barmar at bbnplanet.com
Wed Dec 8 06:42:02 UTC 1999
In article <Pine.LNX.4.21.9912081410570.23620-100000 at trinity.cebu.pilnet.com>,
Gene Frederick F. Boniel <janjan at trinity.cebu.pilnet.com> wrote:
> linux.domain.com. IN A x.x.x.2
> wingate.domain.com. IN A y.y.y.x
> domain.com. IN MX 10 linux.domain.com.
> domain.com. IN MX 20 wingate.domain.com.
>
> if i set the 2 machines as mail exchangers for domain.com, would
>incoming emails pass through the wingate machine if my link to ISP A goes down?
>can MX do that ?
The MX will cause senders to connect to wingate if they can't connect to
linux. I don't know enough about Wingate to know if the final result will
be what you want.
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