Multiple SMTP (outgoing) mail servers per account with redundancy

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I have a problem that I'm always using many ISPs during a given day, and when
I send an email, I always need to change the outgoing mail server option to
suit.

We need a way to enter multiple SMTP addresses into an account, and then
Outlook sends email via whichever one works first.
 
There is no option to do this in Outlook, nor am I aware of any 3rd party
program that would offer such a feature.
 
It is easy to change your HOSTS file
(C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts).

Give to your SMTP server some internal name (mysmtp.lan) and add this line
to your HOSTS file. For example:

195.1.1.1 mysmtp.lan

Create a second copy of your HOSTS file and change the IP address with your
second SMTP server:

192.1.1.2 mysmtp.lan

Create a BAT file to switch (copy/delete) files. Use mysmtp.lan in settings
in Outlook.

HTH

Nikolay Unguzov
 
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