I tried something similar (I moved the timeout to the one clause at the end). That didn't work. So it's not only "probably" not that syntax, it's definitely not that syntax.
And I read the docs. As you noticed, it does NOT document how to supply the auth and protocol per server, which is a very common requirement.
I should have commented that I'm currently running v5.14.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gee Fitz <address@hidden>
To: This is the general mailing list for monit <address@hidden>
Sent: Tue, 29 May 2018 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: multiple email servers with authentication
Documentation clearly says
-- Example (setting two mail servers for failover):
set mailserver
smtp.gmail.com, smtp.other.host
So it's probably
etcetera