Re: [exim] host_lookup timeout?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Marten Lehmann
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] host_lookup timeout?
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Marten Lehmann wrote:

> is it possible to define a timeout for host_lookup? I haven't found an option
> called "host_lookup_timeout" or similar.


Exim doesn't implement its own timeout; it relies on the DNS resolver.
You can influence the resolver by setting dns_retrans and dns_retry, but
exactly how these affect things depends on your resolver (and probably
the underlying name server too).

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