It is there for testing purposes, and for redundancy if needed. It doesn't have an IP now, but when used for testing it does. Ed Sullivan IT Director esullivan@xxxxxxx <mailto:esullivan@xxxxxxx> KMA Direct Communications Confidential and Proprietary -----Original Message----- From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 10:31 AM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: Duplicate posts. http://www.ISAserver.org > Does the MX record need to be active? For example, I have received dupe posts, > and we have two MX records, but only one is actively receiving email - the other > MX does not even have a live IP assigned to it. If your second MX record does not have an IP associated with it, why have it? http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/mail.ch?domain=esullivan@xxxxxxx shows that DNS is set up correctly, but that the second MX is not reachable. John Tolmachoff MCSE, CSSA Owner, Network Engineer/Consultant eServices For You City of Industry, CA www.eservicesforyou.com Free Trial Software: Monitor & Manage Web Use with SurfControl Web Filter for MS ISA Server http://www.surfcontrol.com/go/zisadl1 ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org/ Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: esullivan@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')