Multiple servers for same Deliverychannel and protocol?   

Hi,

Just wanted to check whether we can specify multiple SMTP server names
for the same deliverychannelname and Protocol? The idea is to have a
backup server specified if the primary is not working for some reason.
Will this work?

This is how my deliverychannels section would look like for the
scenario I specified.

<DeliveryChannels>

<DeliveryChannel>
        <DeliveryChannelName>SMTPServer01</DeliveryChannelName>
        <ProtocolName>SMTP</ProtocolName>
        <Arguments>
            <Argument>
                <Name>SmtpServer</Name>
                <Value>MailServer01</Value>
            </Argument>
            <Argument>
                <Name>BodyEncoding</Name>
                <Value>utf-16</Value>
            </Argument>
        </Arguments>
    </DeliveryChannel>

<DeliveryChannel>
        <DeliveryChannelName>SMTPServer01</DeliveryChannelName>
        <ProtocolName>SMTP</ProtocolName>
        <Arguments>

            <Argument>
                <Name>SmtpServer</Name>
                <Value>MailServer02</Value>
            </Argument>
            <Argument>
                <Name>BodyEncoding</Name>
                <Value>utf-16</Value>
            </Argument>
        </Arguments>
    </DeliveryChannel>

Thanks
Sudhakar

</DeliveryChannels>

date: 10 Mar 2006 23:00:20 -0800   author:   sudhakar

Re: Multiple servers for same Deliverychannel and protocol?   

Hi Sudhaker - 

I'm no DNS expert, but it could be that a more elegant solution would
be to have DNS handle this for you? 

http://www.postcastserver.com/help/DNS_Caching.aspx#2.%20MX 

HTH...

-- 
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SQL Server MVP
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On 10 Mar 2006 23:00:20 -0800, "sudhakar"
 wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Just wanted to check whether we can specify multiple SMTP server names
>for the same deliverychannelname and Protocol? The idea is to have a
>backup server specified if the primary is not working for some reason.
>Will this work?
>
>This is how my deliverychannels section would look like for the
>scenario I specified.
>
><DeliveryChannels>
>
><DeliveryChannel>
>        <DeliveryChannelName>SMTPServer01</DeliveryChannelName>
>        <ProtocolName>SMTP</ProtocolName>
>        <Arguments>
>            <Argument>
>                <Name>SmtpServer</Name>
>                <Value>MailServer01</Value>
>            </Argument>
>            <Argument>
>                <Name>BodyEncoding</Name>
>                <Value>utf-16</Value>
>            </Argument>
>        </Arguments>
>    </DeliveryChannel>
>
><DeliveryChannel>
>        <DeliveryChannelName>SMTPServer01</DeliveryChannelName>
>        <ProtocolName>SMTP</ProtocolName>
>        <Arguments>
>
>            <Argument>
>                <Name>SmtpServer</Name>
>                <Value>MailServer02</Value>
>            </Argument>
>            <Argument>
>                <Name>BodyEncoding</Name>
>                <Value>utf-16</Value>
>            </Argument>
>        </Arguments>
>    </DeliveryChannel>
>
>Thanks
>Sudhakar
>
></DeliveryChannels>

date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:36:30 -0600   author:   Joe Webb

Re: Multiple servers for same Deliverychannel and protocol?   

Hi Joe,

probably you are right. I have another issue, which is related to SMTP,
which I am trying to resolve. When NS generates e-mails  the To address
field  will be that of the subscribers.

when they receive e-mail the To field in their(subscriber) mailbox will
look like firstname.lastname@foo.com . Is there anyway we can configure
this , so that the To field will display a user friendly name? like To
: ( Firstname, Lastname) 


regards
sudhakar

date: 15 Mar 2006 10:18:35 -0800   author:   sudhakar

Re: Multiple servers for same Deliverychannel and protocol?   

Again, stretching the bounds of my knowledge here, but I think the
display name is part of the internet header. Something like:
"Webb, Joe" 

I don't know of a way to directly manipluate the header information
from within SQLNS without creating a custom delivery protocol. 

You can try supplying the To field as I have described above - I
haven't tried it myself (and I don't have a good testbed in front of
me right now). I don't hold out a lot of hope that it'll work,  but
who knows, maybe it'll go through.

HTH...


-- 
Joe Webb
SQL Server MVP
http://www.sqlns.com


~~~
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On 15 Mar 2006 10:18:35 -0800, "sudhakar"
 wrote:

>Hi Joe,
>
>probably you are right. I have another issue, which is related to SMTP,
>which I am trying to resolve. When NS generates e-mails  the To address
>field  will be that of the subscribers.
>
>when they receive e-mail the To field in their(subscriber) mailbox will
>look like firstname.lastname@foo.com . Is there anyway we can configure
>this , so that the To field will display a user friendly name? like To
>: ( Firstname, Lastname) 
>
>
>regards
>sudhakar

date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 07:16:51 -0600   author:   Joe Webb

Re: Multiple servers for same Deliverychannel and protocol?   

Thanks Joe,

I would try out on the custom delivery protocol line..

regards
sudhakar

date: 16 Mar 2006 05:50:44 -0800   author:   sudhakar