On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, John Horne wrote:
> **** SMTP testing session as if from host 194.217.125.254
> **** Not for real!
>
> >>> looking up host name for 194.217.125.254
> >>> IP address lookup yielded eximtest.frost.net
> >>> no IP address found for eximtest.frost.net
> >>> failed to get host name for 194.217.125.254 in verify_check_host:
> returning FALSE
> >>> looking up host name for 194.217.125.254
> >>> IP address lookup yielded eximtest.frost.net
> >>> no IP address found for eximtest.frost.net
> >>> failed to get host name for 194.217.125.254 in verify_check_host:
> returning TRUE
> >>> RBL lookup: 254.125.217.194.rbl.maps.vix.com
>
> Surely the returning of FALSE and then TRUE can't be right (or is that the
> point?).
When a reverse DNS lookup fails, that function returns TRUE for a
"reject" test, and FALSE for an "accept" test. I really should make the
output a bit clearer.
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