On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Dave C. wrote:
> Exim (or the hosts resolver library) cannot contact any DNS server to
> even attempt to find out if a domain (even .) exists.
>
> Would this fall into 1) or 2) above? I expect it depends on what the
> resolver library returns in this case.. ;)
Indeed. Exim just calls the resolver and acts on the response it gets.
However, I would expect this case to cause a temporary error (and hence
a deferment). Only when it gets a positive negative response (IYSWIM :-)
does Exim give up immediately.
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