Re: [Exim] Large numbers of "failed to find host name from I…

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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Dla: Dave C.
CC: F.F. Jacot-Guillarmod, exim-users
Temat: Re: [Exim] Large numbers of "failed to find host name from IP address"?
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Dave C. wrote:

> I can't tell for sure from the log entries you included wether the
> rejections are *because* the sender host doesnt have a reverse lookup,
> or if they are being rejected for some other reason (and exim is just
> making a note of the lack of reverse DNS)..


The recipients are refused because of some block that was set up. This
might be because of the reverse lookup failure (if the block was via a
wildcarded host name, for example) or it might not, in which case it is
just noting that the reverse lookup failed.


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