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Carlos_P_17696
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Aug 14, 2014

Can I load balance mx records based on topology on gtm?

We have several mail servers across the globe and I need to load balance a certain mx record based on the location of the query. So I need to know if I can load balance mx records based on topology o...
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Cory_50405
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Aug 15, 2014

If your MX record references an FQDN, yes.

 

For example, if you have domain example.com, you could have an MX record configured pointing to mail.example.com. You could then configure a wide IP for mail.example.com and use topology based load balancing for that wide IP to distribute load as you see fit.