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Subject: Re: msn.com & service denial
From: Dick Porter (dickacm.org)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 04:17:06 CDT

On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 06:11:54PM +0200, Ime Smits wrote:
> | I am a newbie to Postfix, but from what I see in my logs
> | (and in my deferred queue), postfix doesn't attempt to
> | deliver to a 'back-up' server, but defers the message
> | once it's unable to deliver to cpimssmtpe03.msn.com.
> | Is there a way around this?
>
> I am not sure what Postfix does in such a case, but I think it's reasonable
> not to contact a backup MX if a primary MX says it's resources are
> exhausted. Yes, one could deliver the mail to a secondary mx, but one can
> expact the secondary mx to eventually deliver the mail to the same primary
> mx, so contacting a secondary would only give someone else the same problem.

Yes, but this other site has (probably :-) ) agreed to take this load,
otherwise they wouldn't be a backup MX.

>
> Ime
>

- Dick