Re: Will this work?

Tim Gatty <firemonkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have 2 domains(for email use only) hosted by FM and registered with
123reg.
If i added mx records as follows
in1.smtp.messagingengine.com (first, preference=10)
mxin.mxes.net.(second preference =20)

Assuming you get all the dots etc in the right place then yes, when
the primary mail server is down you should get mail sent to your
secondary server. Each mail server has to know how to sort mail for
you once it receives it though, so you may need to do a bit more work
than that behind the scenes to set up, say, a POP3 mailbox on the
secondary to catch all mail. You may also find some of the spam goes
to the secondary, even when the primary is working fine, as some
spamming software targets lower priority MXs on the basis that the
backup MXs often has less spam and virus protection.

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