* Ian Lance Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010115 23:53]:
> I don't see it. Russ's patch looks like this (at least, in the
> version I downloaded):
> + if (qmtp_priority(ip.ix[i].pref)) {
> + if (timeoutconn(smtpfd,&ip.ix[i].ip,(unsigned int) qmtp_port,timeoutconnect)
>== 0) {
> + tcpto_err(&ip.ix[i].ip,0);
> + partner = ip.ix[i].ip;
> + qmtp(); /* does not return */
> + }
> + }
> + if (timeoutconn(smtpfd,&ip.ix[i].ip,(unsigned int) smtp_port,timeoutconnect) ==
>0) {
> In other words, if the MX priority indicates QMTP, try to make a QMTP
> connection. If that connection fails--if it times out, or if the
> remote system does not accept the connect request--timeoutconn will
> return -1 and qmail-remote will go on to try to make an SMTP
> connection.
timeoutconn seems to only return -1 when the attemt times out, NOT if the
remote system doesn't accept the connection attempt. (That's what my
experiments have shown, at least... I'd like very much for this to be
seconded by others before I have another go at this!)
-Johan
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