Mark Delany <markd@mira.net.au> writes:
>
>It would be nice if you could place an IP address as the relay address in
>smtproutes rather than a name that *has* to be in the DNS. This is especially
>useful for domains that have yet to become visible or domains that use
>unrouted internal addresses that are used as a gateway. Alternatively, it
>would be nice if qmail-remote was not limited to relying on the resolver
>library for the hosts nominated in smtproutes.
>
In the CHANGES file, there's a note:
19961114 change: dns_ip() now recognizes [1.2.3.4]. tnx DS.
The man page for qmail-remote says bracketed IP addresses on the
command line are understood, and I seem to remember Dan saying
they could be used in the smtproutes file also. (If so, the
man page for qmail-remote could use a minor update)
I remember asking for that feature in smtproutes so mail could be
forwarded without doing *any* DNS lookups on the target host.
My recollection was that Dan implemented it in a way I didn't
expect - in the DNS routines rather than in qmail-remote itself.
-Greg
--
Greg Andrews West Coast Online
Unix System Administrator 5800 Redwood Drive
gerg@wco.com Rohnert Park CA 94928
(yes, 'greg' backwards) 1-800-WCO-INTERNET
>
>It would be nice if you could place an IP address as the relay address in
>smtproutes rather than a name that *has* to be in the DNS. This is especially
>useful for domains that have yet to become visible or domains that use
>unrouted internal addresses that are used as a gateway. Alternatively, it
>would be nice if qmail-remote was not limited to relying on the resolver
>library for the hosts nominated in smtproutes.
>
In the CHANGES file, there's a note:
19961114 change: dns_ip() now recognizes [1.2.3.4]. tnx DS.
The man page for qmail-remote says bracketed IP addresses on the
command line are understood, and I seem to remember Dan saying
they could be used in the smtproutes file also. (If so, the
man page for qmail-remote could use a minor update)
I remember asking for that feature in smtproutes so mail could be
forwarded without doing *any* DNS lookups on the target host.
My recollection was that Dan implemented it in a way I didn't
expect - in the DNS routines rather than in qmail-remote itself.
-Greg
--
Greg Andrews West Coast Online
Unix System Administrator 5800 Redwood Drive
gerg@wco.com Rohnert Park CA 94928
(yes, 'greg' backwards) 1-800-WCO-INTERNET