>>>>> "Moritz" == Moritz Schulte <tux@???> writes:
Moritz> "Tabor J. Wells" <twells@???> writes:
>> Given the description of byname in the spec, it just calls
>> gethostbyname() unless an IP is listed. It sounds like your
>> gethostbyname() is ignoring the settings of /etc/nsswitch.conf.
Moritz> Well, I wrote a small C program, which calls
Moritz> gethostbyname() with my gateway's hostname "orion.sc" as
Moritz> parameter. This code doesn't establishs a internet
Moritz> connections. So, i think, Exim does something else than
Moritz> just calling gethostbyname().
>> I'm not that familiar with Linux. Is there anything else in
>> Linux which has to be configured to use your nsswitch.conf
>> settings?
Moritz> No, I don't think so. If i remove the "dns" from the
Moritz> hosts: field in nsswitch.conf, Exim doesn't trigger the
Moritz> connection.
This may be a IPv6 problem. I have a problem in Debians's bug system
about something strange with localhost. Check out bugs.debian.org, and
check the exim package for my report.
Sincerely,
Adrian Phillips
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