On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Joseph Brennan wrote: > The function does a gethostbyname() and we don't understand what > happens if it hangs. We were thinking the relay_is_blacklisted > function would have a timeout in it but it does not.
If it hangs for longer than the busy timeout (the "-b" option to the multiplexor), then the multiplexor unceremoniously kills the Perl slave and tempfails the mail. Really, this should be re-implemented using Net::DNS, and we need a way to run DNS queries in parallel and collect the results as they come in. This is on the TODO list. Regards, David. _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang