Re: [Exim] Strange Exim problem

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Mark S. Guz
CC: Paul Miles, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Strange Exim problem
On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Mark S. Guz wrote:

> I find that if the server has problems contacting the specified rbl
> servers it just hangs around for ages.


> If you ask me its a bug, exim should write something to the paniclog if
> it is suffering none trivial timeouts like this.


RBL lookups are just DNS lookups. Exim relies on your DNS resolver for
DNS lookups. Unfortunately, there isn't any timeout option on the
interface. All Exim gets back is "try again".

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