loadbalancing MX records

[Doug Barton]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, [iso-8859-1] Jos=E9 M. [iso-8859-1] Fandi=F1o wrote:

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> Hello,
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> I'm curious about this form of loadbalancing for
> mail (MX):
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> ;; ANSWERS:
> tsai.es.        115493  MX      100 mail.infomail.tsai.es.
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> ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
> mail.infomail.tsai.es.  106522  A       194.224.53.134
> mail.infomail.tsai.es.  106522  A       194.224.53.135
> mail.infomail.tsai.es.  106522  A       194.224.53.142
> mail.infomail.tsai.es.  106522  A       195.235.39.6

=09If your mail program tries to send a letter to one of the
incarnations of mail.infomail.tsai.es and the server at that particular IP
address is down, your letter will not be able to be delivered. It's much
better to do say, mail1 - mail4 and specify all 4 mail servers at the same
MX preference level.=20

Doug
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