Re: [exim] DNS Question

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Author: Eric Fox
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To: Marc Perkel
CC: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [exim] DNS Question
Most DNS Servers will "round-robin" the addresses returned at each
request.

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On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Marc Perkel wrote:

> OK - this isn't entirely about Exim except that I'm going to use it to
> create an interesting network of Exim servers. It's really a question
> about DNS.
>
> How do you set up an A record to return more than one IP address? Whenit
> is set up this way - does it return ALL the IP addresses or randomly
> just one of the list? or is that configurable.
>
> I have this idea for front end spam filtering servers in diverse
> geographic locations, all on the same name so that the email might go
> randomly to any one of these servers and then funneled securely to the
> "real" server where it is read by the end users.
>
> So - can I do this?
>
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