On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 19:07:22 +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian
<mallet@???> wrote:
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>+++ Marc Haber [exim-users] <11/10/01 15:20 +0200>:
>> Anyway, the question still holds: How does ignore_target_host handle
>> cases where an MX record points to a name with multiple A records, of
>> which only one is broken.
>
>I have seen only one such case (where there are two equal preference MXs
>for a domain, one of which has a mailserver which doesn't quite understand
>that it is supposed to treat that domain as local). The IPs appear to be
>tried randomly, with a 1/n chance, where n is the number of IPs.
Are two equal preference MXs treated the same way than one MX which
happens to have multiple A records?
>If Exim is unlucky enough to choose the wrong IP it goes through and comes
>back with a Relaying Denied - or in your case, the "MX points back to me"
>error.
:-(
Greetings
Marc
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