* Steve Heaven <st...@thornet.co.uk>:
> 
> We have a client who has an Exchange server on the end of two xDSL
> lines. We currently deliver via SMTP to the IP address of one of the
> lines. We would like to have postfix try the other line if the xDSL on
> the first one is down.
> 
> Looking at the docs fallback_rely would seem to do the trick.
> 
> Do I put in the transport map:
> 
> clientsdomain.co.uk   smtp:[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
> clientsdomain.co.uk  relay:[yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy]
> 
> where x is the main line and y is the fallback line?

No. Please note that you're not even using (smtp_)fallback_relay.

It's probably easier to set up an (internal) MX record with the
appropriate preferences:

clientsdomain.co.uk MX 10 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
clientsdomain.co.uk MX 20 yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy


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