On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 11:20:37AM +0600, Konstantin Boyandin wrote: > The funny thing is Exim attempt to connect to A record address (in > this example, 10.1.2.3) of the target domain (example.net in this > case), whereas its MX records (10.10.1.2, 10.20.2.3, for the sake of > example) are valid, accessible and accept mail normally.
MX records must contain names, resolvable to ip addresses. > I tried to use /etc/hosts and add corresponding line, like > > 10.10.1.2 example.net > > (the IP is the IP of MX record for the domain), but Exim ignores > that and still does actual DNS requests for A record and attempts to > use it. > > Can this Exim behavior be changed? At least, force Exim to consult > /etc/hosts in such a case, Just modify DNS zone to make your custom DNS replies. > if DNS requests time out (the only cause > of this behavior that I can offer). This should not be the case, IMHO. Run any network traffic analyzer to study contents of DNS requests and answers. -- Eugene Berdnikov -- ## List details at https://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/
