Re: [Hampshire] Mail routing with secondary MX

> The only problem is that the primary server doesn't have any idea what
> mail accounts are valid

This is why backup MXes are a bad idea in the current sewer^Hclimate.

Unless your MX has a list of valid client addresses, it will accept mail
for dictionary-attack targets. This is a Bad Thing(tm).

> so any mail for an account that doesn't exist
> gets rejected by the primary and ends up frozen in the mail queue on the
> secondary - which I have to clear out every now and then.

Well, at least you're not trying to bounce it. That would turn you into a
spam reflector - which is a Very Bad Thing(tm).

> Does anyone have a better suggestion as to a solution?

Yes - ditch your config. Have a single MX that has your valid addresses on
it. This will probably end up being your side of the ADSL link.

Vic,