Re: [Exim] route_list bydns_mx

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Autor: Philip Hazel
Datum:  
To: D.M.Chapman
CC: exim-users
Betreff: Re: [Exim] route_list bydns_mx
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, D.M.Chapman wrote:

> route_list = "* ukc.ac.uk bydns_mx"


> This works a treat. I have just had a phone call from one of our depts who
> have moved to exim 4 and he claimed that bydns_mx has gone....


Yes. I concluded that route_list really should be providing a list of
hosts, because the point of the manualroute router is to manually
specify "this domain goes to these hosts".

> Wishlist items 61 and 105 seem to be relevant.


Indeed.

> I have advised them to use route by dns and list the mx hosts for now
> but as I understand it this will send everything to the first host
> unless it is down. This we can cope with for this particular dept but
> when we come to more the main mailstore machine it will be a show
> stopper :-(


As people have pointed out, there is hosts_randomize. It isn't quite the
same as MX ordering, but it should stop everything going to the same
host.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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