Re: Nameserver calls - libesmtp problem?

[Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>]

On 2001.06.21 08:02:54 +0100 Albrecht Dreß wrote:


> 
> Anyway, just curious: why *does* libesmtp call the nameserver? Transferring
> mails to a MTA would need a lookup of its address once (or never, if it is
> localhost), and then we can rest in peace. Or is this a too simplified view?
> 

tip, if you're using dial-on-demand you should setup a local nameserver and
fake local zone and make all your resolv go through it to avoid this 
situations. i suspect libESMTP is doing MX lookups for 'localhost'
(tcpdump or ethereal should expose it)

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