OT: Load Balancing & redundancy using Multiple A records

[Hugo van der Kooij]

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shuttlebox wrote:
> On Nov 23, 2007 5:27 PM, Richard Frovarp
> <Richard.Frovarp at sendit.nodak.edu> wrote:
>> Yeah, but will the sending SMTPs fail through the multiple A records for
>> a single MX?
> 
> That sounds uncertain at best. :-) I use one MX for each server and
> that always works.

In my experience that is the most shock proof solution.

But keep in mind that whenever you make something foolproof the will be
a new model of fool(1) on the market soon. Thanks to windows we now also
have loads of fool(8) processes. ;-)

Hugo

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	A: Yes.
	>Q: Are you sure?
	>>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
	>>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?

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