Nathan M:
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Wietse Venema <[email protected]> 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
