Author: James P. Roberts Date: To: exim, Richard Lithvall, exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] IP address lookups - opinions wanted
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From: "Terry Shows" <exim@???>
To: "Richard Lithvall" <richard@???>; <exim-users@???>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:06 PM
Subject: RE: [Exim] IP address lookups - opinions wanted
> Don't forget the /etc/resolv.conf file in your discussion.
>
> I would suggest either giving us an option to define search orders, or to
> read the system configuration files (if available) to decide.
>
> Terry Shows
>
I agree with this position. I already went through the effort to configure my
system files to specify a desired search order, and it would be nice if Exim
would pick this up without my having to tell it again.
I am only a RedHat Linux person, not a general unix/linux guru, so I do not
know how system specific this would be. But I agree with Terry's opinion as a
target.
Having an Exim specific configuration available to over-ride system settings
(or in place of missing system settings), would be good. Again, I don't
consider myself an expert here, but I can imagine someone might want Exim to
do the search differently than other applications on their server. Not me,
but I could imagine it.
Suggestion:
(1) Use order specified in Exim config, if it exists.
(2) If not, use system files if they exist.
(3) If not, default to what Philip suggested.
