Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 07:11:21 +0200 From: Nico Meijer <nico.meijer@zonnet.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup Mail Server Questions Message-ID: <4157A0F9.6010007@zonnet.nl> In-Reply-To: <20040926143211.02d40949.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <493F1EDF-0FE0-11D9-A586-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> <20040926143211.02d40949.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Hi Bill, > Backup SMTP is even more difficult to justify. The SMTP standard has > transient failure recovery built into it, so if your net connection is > down for an hour or so, mail delivery will resume when the connection > comes back up. But, with backup MX, *you* are in charge of all mails in the queue. Routing messages to a new primary becomes so much more easier. End users are less likely to get "couldn't deliver yet but will keep trying" messages from their own smtp-server. (It appears to me that most users, when given such automated notice, start running around in panic and making frantic, unnecessary phonecalls. This was different some years ago.) Bye... Nicohome | help
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