Hallo Davide,
Am 2002-04-10 um 23:44 schriebst du: > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Gerrit P. Haase wrote: >> I had some problems with smtpgw.tab and dnscache stuff. >> >> A message was blocked because I'm sitting behind a dial-up >> connection at home. Now I used a smtpgw.tab entry to >> override the dns entries for this domain, but the message >> still bounced because the dnscache entries were still >> there (I restarted Xmail several times). >> Then I removed the dnscache files for this domain and >> it works as expected, the gateway was used. >> >> I think the smtpgw.tab entries should override the dnscache >> settings (I guess this is already the way it goes), but >> it doesn't work for me, even if I restart Xmail several >> times. > it overrides MXs even if i do not suggest you to use smtpgw.tab because > not every SMTP server support explicit routing. just use smtpfwd.tab > instead Well, smtprelay.t-online.de is a special relay server for t-online users, and I see it works using it as gateway for all the servers where my mails are bouncing because I'm on a 'DUL' list (e.g. users.sourceforge.net). >> That leads to another question, is the dnscache refreshed? >> How often? Shouldn't it be cleaned from old entries, at >> least if stopping and restarting Xmail? > dnscache entries has the TTL returned by the dns server and this is used > to expire them Ah yes, I see. Gerrit -- =^..^= - 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]
