On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Florent Guillaume wrote:
> Jacek Czerwinski wrote:
> >
> > qmail MUST have DNS (caching named plus LAN adresses ?), q. don't use
> > /etc/hosts.
>
> Surely you mean that qmail uses the resolver, who in turn may use the
> DNS ? Or does qmail make direct DNS requests ?
>
No, qmail does NOT use the resolver. Yes it makes direct DNS requests.
> Because this is quite different, the resolver may be configured to
> look at /etc/hosts first and then use the DNS if it doesn't find an
> answer.
qmail NEVER uses /etc/hosts, period. It only uses DNS, regardless of how
you have set up your resolver. The only way to override the use of DNS is
by using /var/qmail/control/smtproutes.
>
> Anyone ?
>
>
> Florent
>
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