or maybe i should put:
        relayhost = [mail.intergrafix.net]

as per the comments:
# Use the form [destination] to turn off MX lookups. See also the
# default_transport parameter if you're connected via UUCP.
#

since i already know i only want to relay it to mail.intergrafix.net, i
know it's the MX i want, i shouldn't need to do an MX lookup on it.

-Tony
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Anthony J. Biacco Network Administrator/Engineer
thelittleprinceasteroid-b612.org Intergrafix Internet Services

    "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today"
http://www.asteroid-b612.org http://www.intergrafix.net
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Admin Mailing Lists wrote:

>
> On 27 Feb 2001, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
>
> > On 27 Feb 2001 18:16:33 +0100, Admin Mailing Lists <mlistintergrafix.net> wrote:
> >
> > >should i really have a relayhost= variable set? or does it know
> > >somehow where to try to flush it to (i.e. the primary MX)?
> >
> > I always thought that all non-local mail goes to relayhost.
> >
>
> # The relayhost parameter specifies the default host to send mail to
> # when no entry is matched in the optional transport(5) table. When
> # no relayhost is given, mail is routed directly to the destination.
>
> so, hmm the way i understand that is, if i don't specify relayhost on the
> backup, and the primary MX is down..the backup MX gets an email, and it
> will try and forward it directly to it's destination..so it will lookup
> the MX for zaphaz.com, find the primary, see that it's down for sending
> (else we the backup wouldn't have got the email in the first place),
> and loop right back to the backup MX..wouldn't that then cause a infinite
> loop?
> *shrug*
>
> -Tony
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> Anthony J. Biacco Network Administrator/Engineer
> thelittleprinceasteroid-b612.org Intergrafix Internet Services
>
> "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today"
> http://www.asteroid-b612.org http://www.intergrafix.net
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