Sven Strickroth: > Hi, > > I've a server with multiple ip addresses (all dial-in). But only one > static ip-address. So if the static ip line is down postfix prints out > "warning: smtp_connect_addr: bind x.x.x.x: Cannot assign requested > address" and uses the other (dynamic) ip for sending. > > Is it possible to tell postfix not to send mails if the > smtp_bind_address is not available?
I never need to use smtp_bind_address when my own mailhost needs to fall back to dialup (which is fortunately rarely). All reasonable TCP/IP stacks will automatically use the right source IP address when sending out mail over the dialup link or over the local network. Wietse