[Zope] Binding MailHost to an IP

Dieter Maurer dieter at handshake.de
Fri Dec 12 15:00:04 EST 2003


Kevin Carlson wrote at 2003-12-12 11:03 -0500:
>I have a box with multiple IP addresses that I use to support some 
>internal development work.  When using MailHost to send mail through an 
>external mail server, I would like to have the mail "come from" one of 
>the IP addresses in particular.
>
>It appears that the MailHost object is binding to the primary interface 
>(eth0) instead of eth0:1, eth0:2, etc.  Is there a way that I can 
>specify a source address for the email?

It connects to the interface named in its SMTP Host:

  Usually, different interfaces have different IP addresses (usually
  with different names).

  Use the IP address name as SMTP host you want "MailHost" to
  connect to.

-- 
Dieter



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