MX, ETRN and QMAIL

[J.M. Roth \(iip\)]

Hi there.   I have 3 MXs for a domain. The lowest preference MX is the local server. The other 2 are the customer's internal server as well as an SMTP queueing machine (ETRN etc.). The local machine is there in case the customer's server and the mail queue fails. If I send mail using the local server (outgoing mail server) it doesn't even go to the higher preference MX servers but simply delivers locally, instead to the highest preference MX, that is the customer's server or its queue. The domain is listed in rcpthosts and virtualdomains.   Any idea? If I omitted some details, please don't hesitate to ask. J.M. Roth