On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Steve Romero wrote:
> smarthost:
> driver = domainlist
> transport = remote_smtp
> route_list = * 111.111.111.111 byname
> host_find_failed = freeze
>
> There are 3 other switches that can be used besides "freeze" including:
> defer, pass, and fail.
>
> I was wondering what the default behavior of the router would be if the
> "host_find_failed" option were not used here, and the smarthost were
> unreachable for any reason.
host_find_failed applies to *finding* the host. In the example above,
finding the host will never fail, because you've given its IP address.
"Finding" is referring to looking up the IP address in the DNS.
Connection failures happen in transports, not in routers.
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