Multiple Relay hosts for sending mail to internet

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Hi All,I have question regarding the Relay host.

My Question is can we specify two relay hosts in the field

“Relay host for messages leaving the local internet domain:”

I have two relay servers for sending mails to internet and i want to make redundancy so in case if one relay server is down , Domino sends mails to internet using second relay server.

Looking forward for your support

Thanks

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Subject: I do it that way

I have the name of the 2 smtp relay in this field. There are separrated by a “;” (don’t know the name in english)

it works fine in R6.5 , R8.5

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Subject: Multiple Relay Hosts

I thought they had to be separated by a comma (,) and not a semi-colon (;)? I think a semi-colon is an escape character in notes.

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Subject: Thanks

I will give a try . using “;” character.

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Subject: you can use either , or ;

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21225753

Within the Domino “Relay host” field, two list delimiters are allowed–comma ( , ) and semicolon ( ; ).

The list is sorted by preference, and each host with the same preference value is separated by a comma. Hosts with a different preference value are each separated from one another by a semicolon.

Comma: equal preference value

Semicolon: different preference values

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Subject: SMTP connection docs

I was in the market for this solution some time ago. I believe the recommendation is to use SMTP connection documents instead of this field. You can then use routing costs to prioritize them. I don’t do this now because my smtp relay is now clustered. If the connection docs are the solution, please confirm it by replying to this thread. Thank you.