Re: Two gateways on same network

[Hans du Plooy <koffiejunkielistlurker@koffiejunkie.za.net>]

On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 10:42 +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> presumably the slow 128k line is the leased-line?
Yes

> be aware that a backup MX will get bombarded by incoming spam, as
> spamware is often written to prefer backup MX to primary MX (as an
> attempt to get around anti-spam rules on the primary).
Well that's the beauty of this setup - the primary and secondary MX is
the same box - just a different line.  If for some reason the box itself
goes down, there is an onsite techie that can switch the port forwards
back to the old mailmarshal box.

Thanks
Hans