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Re: OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email
From: David Andersen <dga+ () cs cmu edu>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 23:37:45 -0400
On Jul 5, 2005, at 11:28 PM, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
In message <Pine.WNT.4.63.0507052219510.5600@jvc>, Todd Vierling writes:The default recommendation I give anyone these days is to use nosecondaries, and let the sender's mail server queue it up, as that's the fastest implementation path. As a second stage, and only if the expertiseand time is available, then a backup MX with some sort of recipient validation at SMTP time can be implemented.The usual justification for a secondary MX is when the MX servers have some sort of special access to the ultimate recipients -- non-SMTP mail delivery, firewalls that they are privileged to pass, etc.
They're also mighty handy when dealing with planned, extended outages, such as moving to a new {building, ISP, etc.} or, say, losing power to the {only IX for Moscow, northeastern U.S.}, etc. It's much easier to configure your backup MXen to not toss messages or send warning emails after 4h than it is to politely ask all sending SMTP servers to do the same.
-Dave
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- Re: OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email Tony Finch (Jul 06)
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- Re: OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email Daniel Senie (Jul 05)
- Re: OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email Brad Knowles (Jul 05)
- Re: OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email Jim Popovitch (Jul 05)
- Re: OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email Todd Vierling (Jul 05)
- Re: OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email Steven M. Bellovin (Jul 05)
- Re: OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email David Andersen (Jul 05)
- Re: OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email Joe Maimon (Jul 05)
- Re: OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email Valdis . Kletnieks (Jul 05)
- Re: OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email Jim Popovitch (Jul 05)
- Re: OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email Brad Knowles (Jul 05)
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