John Beck writes: > Not exactly true of sendmail; it does have knowledge of DNS APIs (beyond > getXbyY) and does call them directly (e.g., to look up MX records, which > are DNS only), but if "dns" is not listed as a method on the "hosts:" line > in nsswitch.conf, then sendmail does not use DNS at all.
OK. I really meant that it bypasses the switch mechanism itself, not that it violates anything about configured policy. Like the others, it's not clear to me if "name service online" is either necessary or sufficient for sendmail. -- James Carlson, KISS Network <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
