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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/NewStuff | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index f8e31469d..b4fda862d 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.18 2004/11/25 13:54:31 ph10 Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.19 2004/11/25 14:31:28 ph10 Exp $ New Features in Exim -------------------- @@ -151,9 +151,10 @@ Version 4.44 default - see 14 below), in the same way that multiple DNS records for a single item are handled. - The lookup fails only if all the DNS lookups fail. As long as at least one - of them yields some data, the lookup succeeds. However, if there is a - temporary DNS error for any of them, the lookup defers. + The dnsdb lookup fails only if all the DNS lookups fail. If there is a + temporary DNS error for any of them, the remaining lookups are still done, + and only if none of them succeed does the dnsdb lookup defer. As long as at + least one of the DNS lookups yields some data, the dnsdb lookup succeeds. 15. It is now possible to specify the character to be used as a separator when a dnsdb lookup returns data from more than one DNS record. The default is a @@ -198,7 +199,11 @@ Version 4.44 2.1.168.192.black.list.tld and a.domain.black.list.tld Once a DNS record has been found (that matches a specific IP return - address, if specified), no further lookups are done. + address, if specified), no further lookups are done. If there is a + temporary DNS error, the rest of the sublist of domains or IP addresses is + tried. The dnslists item itself defers only if none of the other DNS + lookups in this sublist succeeds. In other words, a successful lookup for + any of the items in the sublist overrides a defer for a previous item. 17. The log selector queue_time_overall causes Exim to output the time spent on the queue as an addition to the "Completed" message. Like queue_time (which |