Re: [Exim] lowest MX record - strange situation

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: dimitry, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] lowest MX record - strange situation
> >> 123.com preference = 30, mail exchanger = relay2.mydomain.com
> >> 123.com preference = 20, mail exchanger = mail.123.com
> >> 123.com preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.123.com
> >> 123.com preference = 20, mail exchanger = relay.mydomain.com


ph10@??? said:
> If you take this list at face value, it says
> "Try mail.123.com; if that is down, try mail.123.com and
> relay.mydomain.com in either order; if they are both down, try
> relay2.mydomain.com."


Actually since his host is relay.mydomain.com at pref 20, when exim
builds the MX list it will strip out all the entries with pref values >
= 20, leaving just:-
> >> 123.com preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.123.com


One way of producing the effect I think he was complaining of would be 
to set
    hosts_treat_as_local =  mail.123.com


However this problem seems rather confused and a concise statement of
the actual problem and the config generating it would help somewhat.

    Nigel.
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