On 29/07/20 8:19 am, Jaroslaw Rafa wrote:
Could anybody explain *why* using this record by Postfix is needed at all?
As far as I understand, SRV records are meant to be use by mail *clients*, to
simplify MUA configuration by the end user (no need to type in hostnames of
IMAP and SMTP servers, etc.)
The discussion is for smtp, which *is* a mail client.
I see no big problem in manual configuration of these parameters, because
you usually do it once. You don't re-configure Postfix every day to use a
different submission server each time. Or I don't understand something.
What is the actual usage scenario you're thinking about preparing this
patch? What actual problem is it trying to solve?
The usage scenario is for relayhosts that use an SRV record to specify
an alternate port or hostname for the server. It means that if the SRV
record changes then you won't have to reconfigure Postfix each time
manually.
Peter
