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Re: Mail server for linux
On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Amos Shapira wrote:
> One feature I lack is Sendmail's "Fallback_MX" - I want my machine to
> try to connect directly to the destination host and only if it fails
> to use my uplink's SMTP as a relay (so on one hand I won't be
> dependent on my uplinks relay when it isn't available and I can send
> directly but on the other hand, in case of a delivery failure, my mail
> will be handled by the uplink relay while my machine is off-line).
>
> It's very easy to do in Sendmail. Requires (IMHO) ugly hacks to be
> done in Qmail. I just gave it up.
Qmail has a patch called "multi-mx" or something like that, which enables
this feature. And you can configure fallback MXs according to destination
IPs, users, domains, etc etc.
Shachar Tal
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