Backup MX Service

What happens to your emails if the Broadband fails?  Angel have always provided a MX backup service but many providers don't - If emails are important to you then check with your provider.

For even further security Angel have recently invested in a new dedicated MX Backup Server in an entirely seperate location to our main web servers.  This minimises the risk of complete server failure even more.

Background
When an email client tries to send emails, it looks up the domain's DNS to know what are the mail exchangers (MX) for the domain. Each MX record is given a preference number and the lowest becomes the primary mail server. Mail delivery is first attempted on the lowest preference number MX. If the delivery fails, it tries the second lowest preference MX and so on. If no mail servers can be reached then the mail will be bounced back to the sender.

Backup MX
Angel's mail backup service acts as your second priority mail server. If your primary mail server cannot be reached, the mail will be routed to the Angel mail backup (AMB) server and wait in queues. AMB will keep checking your primary mail server every 30 minutes. Once your primary mail server is detected available, AMB will forward the emails to your mail server. AMB will keep attempting to deliver mail to your server for 5 days. Mails queued on AMB exceeding 5 days will be returned to the sender. You have option for Spamassassin Spam checking on your emails. Emails found to be Spam will be drop out before reaching your primary email server.

This service is also available to customers whose domains are hosted elsewhere.

Highlights
• Option to have mail backup in monitoring mode that we check your mail server every 10 minutes
• Multiple backup servers to receive your emails. Maximum email message size up to 8 MB. No limit on number of queued messages and storage space for your domain.
• Check the primary mail server every 10 minutes and flush the emails automatically if it is up.
• Hold your emails for up to 5 days. Emails older than 5 days will be returned to sender.
• You have the option to have emails Spam filtered by Spamassassin before being delivered to your mail server.

....Keeping IT Simple

Want to discuss this further? Give us a call on 01923 470899 or mailbox@angeltech.it