Re: [exim] route_list, randomize and failover

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Author: Tony Finch
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To: Markus Meyer
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] route_list, randomize and failover
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Markus Meyer wrote:
>
> I have four server and balance between them with the randomize option.
> Now I also want some kind of failover which I try to realize with the
> following syntax:
>
> route_list = *
> mx1:mx2:mx3:mx4:+:mx2:mx3:mx4:+:mx1:mx3:mx4:+:mx1:mx3:mx4:+:mx1:mx2:mx4
> randomize byname
>
> (all in one line)
>
> Why doesn't this work or how can I accomplish this? I want to cover all
> server outages and still have the randomizing.


route_list = * mx1:mx2:mx3:mx4 randomize byname

Exim will do failover without any special configuration.

Tony.
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