Re: [exim] route_list and hosts_randomize

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Author: Tony Finch
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To: Marten Lehmann
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] route_list and hosts_randomize
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Marten Lehmann wrote:
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> Would the second way work fine, or would exim cache dns-lookups too long, so
> that changes of available smarthosts wouldn't come in effect in time?


Exim uses short-lived processes so it doesn't cache DNS lookups for a
significant period of time. So long as your DNS configuration is correct
Exim will do the right thing. If one of the smart hosts is down, Exim will
retry delivery of the message via a working smarthost.

Tony.
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