Mail relay to a private mail server?

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If my client is running a private mailserver, can I setup the relay server at JH as a secondary backup and store emails in case my client private mailserver (primary) is down and reroute back to it when it is online again?

I know it works if the primary mailserver is also a JH mailserver. But for my case, is it possible to route to an external mailserver? Maybe the H-sphere can't do it.. but any special setup can be done?

Thanks.
 
hi stephen,

so i add a custom mx record (10) for my private mailserver. then add a (30) mx record for the relay server at JH. But which relay server that i should use? mail, mail2, mail3, mail4?

i tried enabling the Mail service then turn on the Mail relay and i saw 2 entries in the default MX records one being (10) and the other (30). So i believe the (30) is the relay server been assigned to the primary server. So then i proceed adding a custom MX record with (10) priority and then remove the default MX record for (10). But as soon as i remove the default MX record (10), both entries, the (10) and (30) at the default is gone. So i only left with a custom MX record (10) pointing to my private mailserver.

Where is the relay server entries now? Can i just add the earlier relay server MX record into the custom MX record area and set it (30). will this work?
 
I would just put your server on a prioirty 5 so it goes there first and leave ours behind to catch mail if yours goes down.

The hpshere "mail relay" is not what you are thinking so much, the main server if a new domain would be mail5, if you want to know what email server a domain is on you can check the DNS config to see what CNAME it is pointing to.
 
I need help on same problem, mail relay does not create a backup, so how can I create a backup of a mail server?
 
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