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An alternative is to use some email server from a host/domain registrar/google apps/zoho/etc as secondary MX server. It saves you from having to maintain a seco
by computer 12y ago
An alternative is to use some email server from a host/domain registrar/google apps/zoho/etc as secondary MX server. It saves you from having to maintain a second server, and you still get 99% of your messages through your primary server.
I had a similar setup for a while, and it was interesting to see that some messages (spam, mostly) picked the secondary MX by default. Spam servers also seemed to cache the (secondary) MX for much longer than the TTL.
- rakoo 12y agoSpammers believe that secondary MXs are set up "in case of emergency", so they must have less restrictions on what goes in (so you don't miss an email) and must be less maintained... meaning that spam goes in more easily.