On Sun, 28 May 2006, Rob Arends wrote: > So Davide, can you explain.... > When the TTL expires and Xmail tries the A record, why then for ALL the > retries, does xmail attempt to send to the same server? > If the xmail re-resolved the domain for each retry, wouldn't it get the > correct MX, now that the SmartDNShost has cached either NS/MX for the > domain. > I totally understand xmail can't do much if the smartdnshost can't resolve > the MX, however usually it can on the second attempt, so xmail should be > able to send the email on the second try.
The A-record try is *always* a fallback, and it *never* cached, and this is a fact. So if XMail continue to try to the A record, it means that the network condition that stops it to resolve the MX persist. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
