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Re: Selection of Appropriate Local SMTP Relay
- From: jlewis
- Date: Wed Jan 12 00:28:22 2000
On 11 Jan 2000, Michael Shields wrote:
> > Specifically, if you have a set of well known IP addresses for common
> > services, thus something like:
> >
> > 223.255.255.1 - Primary DNS
> > 223.255.255.2 - Secondary DNS
> > 223.255.255.3 - SMTP Mail
> > 223.255.255.4 - Time Server
>
> Why did you choose to have exactly 2 DNS servers and exactly 1 SMTP
> and "time" server?
This seems a big drawback to the standard IP number method. Think about a
network sharing an IGP containing thousands of dialup ports. That's where
I am. How many dialup ports can you have before one SMTP gateway just
doesn't cut it? Sure you can play games with load balancing, layer 4
switches, or perhaps route filtering but why force money or effort to be
wasted on such things?
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