[ILUG] {LONG} sendmail smart host (fallback MX)

[Declan Grady]

Excellent.
Cheers Dave. That did the trick.

I removed the SMART_HOST definition, and added this:

   define(`confFALLBACK_MX',`mail.iol.ie')

Seems to work a treat.. so far !

Declan


> Dave Wilson
> Sent: 14 May 2002 10:27
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] {LONG} sendmail smart host (fallback MX)
> 
> 
> Sorry to reply separately, but I've just found
> 
> O FallbackMXHost
> 
> If the SMTP connection to the target host fails, this option specifies 
> the host to which mail should be forwarded, instead of being queued 
> locally for later delivery. This only counts if the connection fails, 
> not if there is a name lookup failure.
> 
> Page 709 of the Bat book.
>