Send To Alternate Destination Host

[cabalss01]

Hi there

I am hoping to use Send To Alternate Destination Host, but what if the host is down?  Is there any way to specify a failover host, in case the first is down?  Alternatively could I use a DNS entry here with multiple MX records (eg. round-robin)?

Cheers

[Robert Sherwin]

This pretty much would be the only way you would be able to do so --- via DNS, round-robin.

Per the User Guide:

You can send identified messages to an alternate destination mailhost (an email server other than the ones listed in SMTP Routes or DNS).

Enter an IP address or hostname. If you enter a hostname, its Mail Exchange (MX) will be queried first. If none exists, the A record on the DNS server will be used (as with SMTP Routes).

Use this option if you want to redirect messages, for example to a sandbox mail server for further examination. 

[cabalss01]

Thank you for your help, Robert.