On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> However there will be some messages that cannot be sent in one delivery
> attempt. It would be neat if I could transfer all of those to a single
> system which would handle intractable mail - the idea being that this box
> would build a good set of retry data, would be in a good position to
> efficiently forward all mail queued on a stuck domain when it becomes
> unstuck, and be an good place to monitor for problems!
>
> Any ideas on whether this can be easily done, and would it really be a
> good idea... Should this be done should the initial boxes send mail on to
> the intractable mail box if retry would kick in...
Trivial to do. Just set backup_hosts on your smtp transport.
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