Hi,
I know this question is only a bit linked to paid hosting, but I am curious about that...
For me it's very important to have a reliable email account with my web-space (paid hosting).
So I am trying to find out, how reliable mailaccounts are and even think of setting up my own mailserver for testing...
I want to set up a mailserver for my domain and i got a permanent connection and static ip.
so i wanna point the mx-record to my ip. (nameserver not on my pc) (think of using Pegasus- or Mercury- Mail Server on WinME)
what happens now, if the mailserver or my pc crashes, or my connection is down.
Would all emails be lost:-(( And would the sender get a message, that the mail-server is down?
Can I set up a Secondary MX-Record in case, my mail-server is down?? Or how could I solve that problem?
NOW HERE COMES WHAT'S IMPPORTANT:
How is that problem handeled at the quality web-hosts that offer domain email?
Is it just the multiple connection that they use for reliability?
I guess if I know the answer of how I can set it up reliable, I would find out how hosts are doing it and how reliable it is.
looking forward to your response.
Greetings Arno
I know this question is only a bit linked to paid hosting, but I am curious about that...
For me it's very important to have a reliable email account with my web-space (paid hosting).
So I am trying to find out, how reliable mailaccounts are and even think of setting up my own mailserver for testing...
I want to set up a mailserver for my domain and i got a permanent connection and static ip.
so i wanna point the mx-record to my ip. (nameserver not on my pc) (think of using Pegasus- or Mercury- Mail Server on WinME)
what happens now, if the mailserver or my pc crashes, or my connection is down.
Would all emails be lost:-(( And would the sender get a message, that the mail-server is down?
Can I set up a Secondary MX-Record in case, my mail-server is down?? Or how could I solve that problem?
NOW HERE COMES WHAT'S IMPPORTANT:
How is that problem handeled at the quality web-hosts that offer domain email?
Is it just the multiple connection that they use for reliability?
I guess if I know the answer of how I can set it up reliable, I would find out how hosts are doing it and how reliable it is.
looking forward to your response.
Greetings Arno