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Re: 2 MTAs with different users for the same domain

From: Ralf Hildebrandt (Ralf.Hildebrandtcharite.de)
Date: Mon Jun 09 2003 - 07:58:17 CDT


* Roman Medina <romanoptenet.com>:
> > On smtp1.mydomain.com:
> > fallback_transport = smtp:[smtp2.mydomain.com]
> >
> > and on smtp2.mydomain.com:
> > fallback_transport = smtp:[smtp1.mydomain.com]
>
> Is it really as simple as that? How are loops avoided? (imagine a
> non-existant user in both smtp-servers: if smtp1 receive such a mail, it
> will be forwarded to smtp2, which would forward it again to smtp1... or
> not?). Am I missing any point?

Just try. I'd guess it would be bounced with a looping error

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