Re: [exim] dnsdb PTR lookup for hostnames.

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: David Woodhouse
CC: 'exim-users@exim.org'
Subject: Re: [exim] dnsdb PTR lookup for hostnames.
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, David Woodhouse wrote:

> Some experimental protocols use PTR records for real hostnames:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-marid-csv-dna-01.txt


I didn't know that. You learn something new every day.

> Unfortunately Exim insists on attempting to reverse the hostnames and
> appending 'in-addr.arpa' to them...


Thanks for the patch.

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