Simon Rae writes:
> Out of curiosity, can anyone tell me of a site or explain to me how
> qmail handles DNS queries. Is it the case that even if a DNS lookup
> returns the IP address of the recipient MX, if that host is down, qmail
> returns the message with a 5.1.2
You'll only get a 5.1.2 if the search (which may be for an A or MX record
unless the hostname came from smtproutes then only A) returns a hard
error. That is, if a response arrived that said that the host didn't
exist. So, the answer to your question is "no."
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