Multiple server in transport file

[Alex Broens]

On 5/16/2008 11:10 PM, Steve Freegard wrote:
> Gregory Wong wrote:
>> Hi everyone. I am starting to relay for a domain that uses multiple 
>> front end mail servers to accept mail mainly for redundancy purposes. 
>> In the transport file, the domains I am relaying for are currently 
>> setup like this:
>>
>>  
>>
>> domain.com smtp:[mx1.domain.com]
>>
>>  
>>
>> If I wanted to enter more than one mail server for domain.com, how do 
>> I do it? If its not possible does anyone else have any workarounds?
>>
>>  
> 
> It would help if you said which MTA you are using....
> 
> The sendmail way to do this (in /etc/mail/mailertable):
> 
> domain.com    esmtp:[1.2.3.4]:[5.6.7.8]:[host.domain.com]
> 
> However, the entries are used in order like an MX record, so a 
> connection to each server in the order listed (left-to-right) is 
> attempted and if the connection fails the next server listed is used.

he did, sort of: "transport file" = Postfix
I doubt a sendmail user would give it that name :-)

beer? :-)

Alex