Re: [Exim] Mail routing and backup question.

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Author: Steve Haslam
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Mail routing and backup question.
On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 12:39:54PM +0000, Peter Galbavy wrote:
> Using exim's normal queue processing, mail with be held until either a
> forward to the next lower MX (or is it only the lowest ?) succeeds or
> some timeout happens. These are all configurable.


Assuming it's being delivered by Exim's default lookuphost router,
then it will try to go to the lowest-numbered MX first, and try higher
numbered MXs if the lowest is unavailable. However, it will not
deliver to an MX with the same or greater number than the delivering
host itself has. IIRC.

SRH
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