At 08:28 PM 10/16/02 +0100, Turetsky, Seth wrote: >What would be the easiest way to get cfmail to use multiple smtp servers, >either if one goes down or for load balancing? Is this even possible, >maybe using an MX record with multiple smtp servers or something?
For load balancing, the cheap and dirty solution would be to put the names of N smtp servers into a CF variable, then make a random selection between them on each invocation of <CFMAIL> Not elegant, but it will certainly work. You could write a little utility, too, that would 'test' an smtp server by sending email to a known (preferably REAL local) address and then to a CF_POP to see if it got there. If it didn't, then either the SMTP or the POP server went haywire, and you could strike that server off your list. How to time-stamp it to allow for delayed delivery and run the writer and reader processes anachronously but in coordinated fashion is left as an exercise to the reader :-) On the other hand, you could go out looking for an SMTP server that provides load balancing (I'd start with the folks who make Listserv) of multiple servers under the aegis of a single name, and let the SMTP server software handle it. :-) Greg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
