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James_Michalak_
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Dec 07, 2006

SMTP Virtual Server Redirect?

I have 2 Virutal Servers (a & b) for our Mail Gateways w/ a Service Port of 25. If a client attempts to send mail using Virtual Server a, is it possible to redirect them to Virtual Server b? If so, ...
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hoolio
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Dec 08, 2006
Hi,

 

 

I don't think there is any function within SMTP that would allow you to send a response back to the client telling them to make the same request to another host/IP. I didn't see anything in the RFC's that looked relevant (Click here). (edit: the SMTP wikipedia page has a nice index of related RFCs as well: Click here)

 

 

Could you point clients to the same VIP and use a rule to determine which pool of SMTP servers to send the request to? I suppose you could do this even with two VIPs, actually.

 

 

What is the scenario you're dealing with?

 

 

Aaron