Andrew Beverley:
> > You have not explained what problem you are trying to solve with
> > different IP addresses for different mailings (does mail from the
> > same sender address go out via different IP addresses?), so I won't
> > try to optimize the response.
>
> Sorry, I should have explained. I run a bunch of mailing lists, and use
> different IP addresses for different mailing lists (amongst other
> things). Everything runs from Perl scripts, so the script needs to
> specify which IP address to use as it sends the email. I'd rather avoid
> the sender address dictating which IP address to use, because I'd like
> the flexibility to specify the IP address in the script on the fly for
> other parameters.
In that case, specify $ENV{'MAIL_CONFIG'}=pathname or "-C pathname"
to choose the outbound source IP address. I am not comfortable with
exposing the internal guts of a general-purpose MTA to unprivileged
users, and it really does not cost much to have more than one master
and queue manager daemon process.
Wietse
