--On 17 August 2009 10:51:29 +0100 Mike Cardwell <[email protected]> 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. -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex 01273-873148 x3148 For new support requests, see http://www.sussex.ac.uk/its/help/ -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
