MX for backup link?

[Barry Margolin]

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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