 this may be a little off topic but thought people here would have a better response to this elsewhere i have setup two mx records mail and bmail for my mail server the one i gave a NUMBER bmail the other a NUMBER mail bmail NUMBER i gave a NUMBER because i want all mail to go through this server to be scanned for spam and viruses and then relayed to the mail NUMBER server for delivery as i understand it dns a records are used in a rotating fashion for load balancing but dns mx records are used in order or prority meaning the NUMBER before the NUMBER and only NUMBER if the NUMBER isn t available but only some of the mail is actually being scanned which leads me to believe that not all of the mail is actually hitting that box and the NUMBER never goes down why have i got something confused here thanks v end of forwarded message this message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by mailscanner at URL and is believed to be clean this URL email is sponsored by thinkgeek welcome to geek heaven URL _______________________________________________ spamassassin talk mailing list spamassassin talk URL URL 