Re: [exim] rDNS lookup problem

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Auteur: Evgeniy Berdnikov
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Aan: exim-users
Onderwerp: Re: [exim] rDNS lookup problem
On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 08:56:07AM +0100, a.smith@??? wrote:
> For example when sending from 93.191.32.251 I see:
> X-Host-Lookup-Failed: Reverse DNS lookup failed for 93.191.32.251 (failed)


There are three different DNS rcodes that may be referenced as "failure",
they correspond to different situations.

> Any clues as to why Exim is failing when nslookup/dig from the same
> host using the same DNS server work?


Due to resolver timeout (packet loss in network) or "ServFail" DNS rcode,
which is a temporary error (client should wait and retry later).
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Eugene Berdnikov