Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Setting up a fall back ISP SMTP in sendmail

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Saturday 17 April 2010 00:51:39 Harry Putnam wrote:
> Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> writes:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Is there a (native) way to configure sendmail to send messages via a
> > secondary smtp account, if dor some reason the primary ISP smtp is
> > down, without some bespoke DIY script?
> 
> Not give you the runaround, and there may well be some sendmail
> experts here... but I think your question is more likely to get a
> really helpful response if you put it on comp.mail.sendmail.
> 
> You might get an answer from Per Hedlund or one of the other heavy
> hitters there.
> 
> I've used sendmail for yrs but just on homeboy little local lans.
> 
> I'd be surprised if there is not some well trod way to do what you are
> asking.   Sendmail is probably the most widely used MTA around so it
> seem really likely that problem has been dealt with in some way.

For the purpose of posterity:

The way to set up a fall back host is to use confFALLBACK_SMARTHOST to define 
a fall back smtp server.
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Regards,
Mick

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