On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Paul Mansfield wrote:
> > When the daemon starts up, it does a forward lookup on the name
> > and saves the IP address. When a connection happens, it
> > compares the IP address.
>
> this is quite interesting. so if the IP address of a.complete.host.name
> changes, then Exim won't notice. This could be a feature, or a bug?
Indeed. It is a feature or a bug.
> should Exim reload these addresses occasionally?
How often is occasionally? I don't myself think this is a major issue,
but others may wish to argue otherwise.
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