Re: [exim] Re: query-style lookup for text files

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Marc Haber
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Re: query-style lookup for text files
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Marc Haber wrote:

> Bear in mind that we are looking for a smarthost here, so it is only
> one host name per exim, which will at most have ~10 A records


Don't you believe it! I've seen lots more than that in the past, though
I can't find any examples at the moment. Maybe people have got more
sensible, or maybe load-balancers have got more common.

> Additionally, I sincerely hope that exim
> caches auth credentials once obtained.


Per connection, yes. Globally, no.

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