Outbound IPv4: smtp_bind_address with a PMG cluster (standalone OK)

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Hi there,

I replied on this thread, as we've been unable to find a way to "roll" the sending IPv4 address on our 2x PMG servers, but it hasn't seen any love yet.

Should the servers have been standalone/single, it'd be easily done as we've verified. In a cluster, the system grabs the smtp_bind_address (which is an IPv4 value) and carries it to all nodes in the cluster, which means that 1x server does work and the other 1x does not (as each alias IP is set per-VM).

Docs don't seem to suggest a fix, as the template engine isn't suitable due to the per-VM configuration of the IPv4. The concept works, but the option won't accept a suitable value to make it work for a PMG cluster.

We thought that we'd be able to specify an interface rather than the IPv4 address itself, however the smtp_bind_address option only takes IPs.

Is there a way around this problem?
We've done a bunch of research and can't find a method to resolve the problem so we can work around RBL issues while fixing them.

Hoping for some thoughts/guidance/etc here with many thanks!

Cheers :)
 
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