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Marshal Newrock wrote: |
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>I'd like to disagree with a couple points on here. |
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>First off, a secondary MX is not necessary. If an email can't get through |
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>due to a server being down, it will be retried and get through later when |
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>the server is up. |
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That is true, if the down time is short in duration [say under three |
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days]. However, not all servers are respectful of this downtime. The |
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Gentoo list servers are an example of those that patronize you for being |
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down. |
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Tom Veldhouse |
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