Pri/Alt hosts (again) (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Thu, 19 Sep 1996 17:25:11 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time John Jamerson shaped the electrons to say...
>If I've got primary and alternate hosts set up in my portmasters, will
>the pm only go to the alt host if the primary is offline/unreachable, or
>will the remote pm hit the alternate if the primary is merely busy?

It users the backup if the primary does not respond. So if the primary
doesn't respond because it is too busy it has the same effect as if it
doesn't respond because it is down.

-MZ

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