Re: [exim] [Debian normal bug #296492] exim4: remote_smtp tr…

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Author: Laurent Fousse
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To: exim-users
CC: Marc Haber
Subject: Re: [exim] [Debian normal bug #296492] exim4: remote_smtp transport should fallback to ipv4 with fallback_hosts too
Hi,

* Philip Hazel [2005-03-22]:
> This bug turned out to be (a) quite serious and (b) trivial to fix! The
> precise statement of the bug is: If a host that is listed by name in a
> fallback_host list or a "hosts" option in an SMTP transport is
> multihomed, only its first address is used. It did not matter whether
> the addresses were IPv4 or IPv6.
>
> The patch that fixes this is below.


Thanks for spending time on this! I'll patch my instance of exim4.

Marc, will we have the fix in sarge too?

Laurent.