On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 03:03:51PM -0500, William Jensen wrote: > Warning: Ignorant question coming... > > I've registered a domain, setup deb to be 'on' the net and have exim directly > handling the mail sent directly to the domain. What happens to mail that is > sent to the domain when I'm rebooted into windows and playing games?
Two possibilities: 1) The person handling the DNS zone file for your domain has set up an MX record pointing at your ISP's mail server. In this case, the mail will be sent to your ISP's server, which will then attempt to deliver it periodically until it succeeds. 2) No MX record exists. Anything can happen, depending on the sender's mail client. They might retry for up to 5 days (I don't think I've seen anyone keep trying longer than that) or they might call the message undeliverable and bounce it immediately. Since your DNS entry doesn't specify a fallback plan for delivery, they're free to handle it however they want. MX records are a Good Thing... -- "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P+>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r++ y+
