On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 08:49:20AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > 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.
So just rely on SMTP senders backing off and retrying and try and minimise the time my system is off line. OK, it's simple! :-) -- Chris Green
