1. What is default gateway in the Domain settings. I can either set a single gateway, or default... does default mean use all, as opposed to use one?
In the domain gateway settings, "Default" will use any gateways that are configured for round robin. If there are no gateways are configured for round robin, gateways will not be used.
In the beta, we have replaced the "Default" gateway setting with "Round robin" and "None". "Round robin" works the same as the current "Default" option, and "None" will always send messages without using a gateway.
2. If I want to share the load for outbound between the Smartermail Server and say another gateway server. How would I do that?
The only method that permits this approach requires using multiple domains. If you have two domains in SmarterMail, set one domain to "Default" (or "None" for the beta) gateway, and set the other to use a specific gateway. With Build 7242 and earlier, this will only work if there are no gateways configured for round robin.
3. Can I force certain destination domains (say hotmail) to always route via a certain gateway? Like you can do with an exchange server?
In SmarterMail, gateways are configured based on the sending domain. SmarterMail does not allow specifying a gateway based on the destination domain.
Andrew Barker
Software Developer
SmarterTools Inc.
www.smartertools.com