Nathan M: > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote: > > While looking at the logs, I noticed that I had found a solution > > for the mail delivery delay after a deep protocol test. The solution > > is so simple that it should have been obvious long ago: > > > > - Client connects to primary MX address, goes through the deep > > protocol tests, passes the tests, gets a 4XX response from > > postscreen, and hangs up. > > > > - Client immediately connects to the backup MX address, and delivers > > mail immediately, because it is already whitelisted. Thus the > > delay after "deep protocol test" is eliminated. > > > > Wietse, > > Could a similar outcome work if you have MX set something like this: > > 10 MX smtp-in-1.mydomain.com > 20 MX smtp-in-2.mydomain.com > > With both smtp-in1.mydomain.com and smtp-in-2.mydomain.com resolving > to the same IP
With TCP/IP, the client sends the server ADDRESS not the server NAME. Wietse