Re: [Exim] expand fallback_hosts?

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Author: John Dalbec
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] expand fallback_hosts?

Philip Hazel wrote:
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>>The dnslookup router accepts "fallback_hosts" but not "hosts_randomize". Does
>>the smtp transport automatically randomize fallback hosts when called from
>>dnslookup?
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> (2) Yes, if you set hosts_randomize on the transport.

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Is there any drawback to setting hosts_randomize on the transport? I notice
that the default configure file doesn't do so.

I think it's strange that you can set hosts_randomize on the "manualroute"
router but not on the "dnslookup" router, whereas you can set "fallback_hosts"
on both.
John