Re: [exim] configuring backup mx

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Auteur: Asbjorn Aarrestad
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Aan: exim-users
CC: exim-users
Onderwerp: Re: [exim] configuring backup mx
Thank's for your quick answer.... just a followup questions....


>> What happens when my server tries to deliver the mail to the primary mx
>> and fails? Will it try to deliver the mail to the secondary (itself), or
>> will it just fail the delivery and wait for the next retry time?
>


> Unless they have the highest priority (lowest MX value), MX records that
> point
> to the local host, or to any host name that matches
> "hosts_treat_as_local",
> are discarded, together with any other MX records of equal or lower
> priority.
>


where does exim get the "hosts_treat_as_local" list from? I guess it is
"local_domains". is this right?


- asbjørn
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