yi.org and secondary mx

[Darrell Shandrow]

Hi,

MX stands for mail exchanger, and is an IP address of a machine that is
actually running mail server software.  You can't use this to forward to
another e-mail address.

Regards.

On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Jacob Schmude wrote:

> Hi
> 	In the yi.org account editor, it mensions a secondary mx. What is
> this and what does it do? Does it mean secondary mailbox? Can I, for
> instance, redirect email to my ISP address when it's unable to reach my
> machine directly through yi.org? I'm online as much as possible, but if
> I'm not online in linux, and mail comes to me, what happens? I guess if
> it's for no longer than 4 hours it's ok, otherwise it bounces? I'm a
> newbie to this dns stuff.
> 
> 
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