Re: [EXIM] Possible bug in hosts_lookup_nets ?

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Author: Peter Radcliffe
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Possible bug in hosts_lookup_nets ?
John Horne <J.Horne@???> probably said:
> An odd point really, but we are still running as a legacy of the NRS days
> (!!). A reverse and forward lookup gives 2 results - e.g.
>             argus.plymouth.ac.uk => 141.163.2.1
>             141.163.2.1 => argus.plym.ac.uk

>
> Essentially the same system, but the short-form is referenced in reverse
> lookups. This applies to all (I think) our systems, and anything else we've
> registered in the DNS. (Not my doing by the way! :-) )


Exim will start from an IP address.

as long as 141.163.2.1 -> argus.plym.ac.uk and
argus.plym.ac.uk -> 141.163.2.1 then the forward and reverse match and
all is well.

P.

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