On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 12:13:38PM -0400, Rick Macdougall wrote: > Yes I get that all the time myself. Instead of hitting the main (lower mx) > value, they always hit the higher MX value. Not much you can do about it > really, since the second mail server needs to accept the mail in case the > primary server is down. > > I've also seen my primary mail server refuse the mail with a 554 code and > seconds later it's hitting the second mail server with what appears to be > the same message.
You can combat this. Make your primary MX host not be your mail mail server (this is a good idea anyhow). Use some feature of your MTA to route @mydomain mail to a different server, that isn't listed as an MX host. Now, make that host only accept mail from your primary MX host. Higher MX hosts will still accept the mail, but they'll relay it to the primary MX machine, where it will be routed to actual mailboxes. Then, of couse, put SpamAssassin on that primary MX box ::-) Of course, the tradeoff is that mail won't be delivered if the primay mailhost goes down. Ross Vandegrift [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
