Thank Mike. This looks like just what I need to do!
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Mike Cardwell <
exim-users@???> wrote:
> Chump Chumpster wrote:
>
> > I wonder if this might be possible with Exim?
> >
> > When we send out a newsletter to our subscribers, it tends to slow down
> our
> > regular email from clients on our domain. I have other stand alone
> servers I
> > could use as MTAs to share the burden when there's a spike in demand. Due
> to
> > the constraints of our newsletter software and other infrastructure, what
> > I'd like to do is this:
> >
> > Is it possible to have one Exim be the single MTA that the newsletter
> > software talks to and have this server then act as a 'load balancer' or
> at
> > least a 'round robin', by relaying to 3 other servers that do the actual
> > delivery?
> >
> > I'd appreciate if anyone knows if this is possible.
> >
> > thanks....
> >
> > PS. I really do need to do it this way if possible, due to some other
> > constraints.
>
> Use a manualroute router as described on
> http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch20.html
>
> Use the hosts_randomize option to spread the load across the three servers.
>
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