On 8/17/2017, 8:38:18 AM, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > What sort of strategies are available for coping with the (rare) > disconnections of a few hours that occasionally occur? I know that > SMTP delivery is fairly robust and, as far as I know, the backing off > and retrying seems to work pretty well but I'd like, if I can, to do > even better.
Short answer: there may have been a time long ago when a backup MX made sense, but that time is long past. Managing one is way, way more trouble than it is worth, and even if you do it right, gets you virtually zero benefits.
