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[Jeffrey F. Bloss]

John L Fjellstad wrote:

> "Jeffrey F. Bloss" <jbloss at tampabay.rr.com> writes:
> 
> > I wouldn't want my home mail server to be my primary mail server
> > either, but with a static IP and the ability to use your web hosting
> > server as a backup MX it's certainly is a viable option. And it
> > would truly make any issues that come up resolvable by virtue of
> > you being "the man". ;)
> 
> There is little point in using a backup MX.  Proper MTA will try again
> within a certain timeperiod (I think up to a week).
> OTOH, spammers tend to send their email to the backup MX since the
> backup MX usually don't have all the filtering in place.

The "point" of running backup mail delivery systems is obvious. "Because
it might be abused" is bad logic to use when deciding whether or not to
build redundancy into a thing. If your backup MX is broken, fix it or
get a new one. Simple as that.

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