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Re: OT? /dev/null 5.1.1 email

  • From: Randy Bush
  • Date: Tue Jul 05 18:05:21 2005 
> The principle purpose of the secondary mx, in this case, is to accept
> email for the primary mx during periods where the primary is down

and the sending smtp server has no spool.  i.e. no useful
purpose.

today, the primary purpose of secondary mxs is to receive spam.

randy