Re: [Exim] Exim does unwanted DNS lookups for LAN

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Author: Adrian Phillips
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To: Moritz Schulte
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim does unwanted DNS lookups for LAN
>>>>> "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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