I have a question regarding the "backup-mx" operation of the toaster:
I have something like domain: test.com MX 5 mail.master.dom MX 10 mail.backup.dom in my DNS records. Say mail.master.dom goes down; the sending MTA automatically routes e-mail to mail.backup.dom. My question is: if mail.backup.dom receives e-mail intended test.com, how does it decide that the mail should go to mail.master.dom? ie. does the DNS data override all /control/locals entries (_and_ /control/virtualdomains)? or, will it be the case that even if mail.backup.dom is _not_ primary mx for test.com (as in my little example above), will it still check /control/rcpthosts and/or /control/virtualdomains and, if an entry is found in there for test.com, deliver it locally? What I am trying to investigate is the possibility of true backup mailserver takover; ie. something better than silently queing my mail on a backup mx when the primary is offline. But if the DNS data overrides /control/rcpthosts and /control/virtualdomains, then my quest is pointless... I'll never be able to make a simple configuration change on the fly and have my backup mx become my primary mx without modifying my DNS (which I want to avoid at all costs, as it takes so long for the changes to take effect as to be pointless). Many thanks for the toaster Bill & contributors, and sorry for the "off-topicness" of this e-mail, David Branford Aternox Design www.aternoxdesign.com.au <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
