--On 17 August 2009 10:51:29 +0100 Mike Cardwell
<exim-users@???> wrote:
> Ian Eiloart wrote:
>
>>> Which is fine for MX servers. Not so good for MSA. MUAs (user clients)
>>> don't use MX records, and don't retry even if the smtp server address is
>>> a round robin in the DNS. At least, none of the servers that I've
>>> tried.
>>
>> Self-correction: I mean that none of the MUAs that I've tried will try
>> alternate SMTP servers, even if the DNS gives them several IP addresses
>> in a round robin.
>
> My original point was that this is entirely outside the scope of Exim.
> Exim listens on an IP for incoming connections. How you get that IP to
> continue pointing at an Exim daemon is none of Exims concern.
>
Right, but it is of concern to Exim administrators. This list is for them.
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Ian Eiloart
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