[OT] Secondary MX

[Tim Wunder]

On 9/1/2004 3:12 PM, I believe that Kurt Wall wrote:

> Hi, list,
> 
> I wonder if someone out there would be willing to serve as a backup
> MX for kurtwerks.com? I can't offer compensation beyond gratitude, 
> and I would certainly appreciate it.
> 

What is the purpose of a secondary MX? Is it to have somewhere for mail 
to go in the case where the primary MX is unavailable? Will the 
secondary MX simply send the mail forward to the primary once it comes 
back? Or am I just an ignorant boob who knows nothing of what he speaks?

I s'pose google could tell me, but I'm s'posed to be working, not 
searching out WTF a secondary MX is s'posed to do...

Tim