Re: [Exim] Secondary MX - defer if primary is up

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Auteur: Raymond Dijkxhoorn
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À: Stephen Gran
CC: exim-users
Sujet: Re: [Exim] Secondary MX - defer if primary is up
Hi!

> I know I have seen references to doing this, but I can't find them now.
> What I want to have is a secondary MX that, when it receives a rcpt to,
> attempts to query the primary, and do the following:
> 2xx - defer (I don't want ot accept if the primary is up)
> 5xx - reject
> 4xx or no response - accept. This is the only valid use of the backup,
> as I see it, anyway.
>
> I have tried
>
> defer  message  = The primary MX is up, please try them
>        verify   = recipient/callout=30s,no_cache
>        domains  = +backup_domains

>
> accept domains  = +backup_domains
>        endpass
>        message  = No such user
>        !verify  = recipient/callout=30s,defer_ok,no_cache,use_sender


What if your primary is unreachable for the sending host due to routing
issues? You wanna drop those also ? I mean, its not ALL spam thats going
to higher priority MXes...

Bye,
Raymond.