On 01/28/2014 03:10 PM, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 08:21:01AM +0100, Andrzej A. Filip wrote: > >>>> Do you plan to support SRV DNS records in a few years perspective? >>> >>> What real problem does this solve? Developer cycles are finite >>> and must be spent wisely. >> >> IMHO it would allow better configuration of (internet to internal) >> relays because it provides destination ports and weights. I do not >> (really) need it myself so I have asked about a few years perspective. > > You speak of "inbound relays", are you talking about SMTP? MX > records are required for SMTP and SRV records are out of scope. > >> Based on your reply the answer seems to be "double maybe" [polite no] ;-) > > For SMTP, "absolutely not" is a more likely answer. For LMTP, SRV > records are a possibility, that is neither currently implemented > nor planned.
I was thinking about (E)SMTP and LMTP. SRV records may be useful for MX servers relaying to SMTP servers listening on non standard ports e.g. multiple virtual WWW servers on single IP with separated SMTP/LMTP servers also on the same IP address.
