Re: Sendmail question

From: Ian D. Bjorhovde (ianbjor@MOBILEAUDIO.COM)
Date: Wed Mar 31 2004 - 09:05:39 EST


Kumar, Praveen (cahoot) wrote:

> Hi *,
> When i implement sendmail, i think it there should be someway to
> configure a secondary mail server in case the primary mail server is down.
> Can someone let me know where this has to be done..

This is typically done via DNS by creating multiple MX records for a
domain. You specify a priority in each MX record to control the order
in which mail servers are used.

Good luck,

Ian



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