Re: To [ and ] or not to [ and ] in relayhost entries ...

2009-01-24 Thread Wietse Venema
mouss: > Noel Jones a ?crit : > > Thomas wrote: > >> Thomas Ackermann wrote: > >>> So, does anybody know what technically is the difference between the > >>> use with and without the signs? > >>> I mean, what network things may happen or not happen? > >> > >> Nobody knows the technical differences?

Re: To [ and ] or not to [ and ] in relayhost entries ...

2009-01-24 Thread mouss
Noel Jones a écrit : > Thomas wrote: >> Thomas Ackermann wrote: >>> So, does anybody know what technically is the difference between the >>> use with and without the signs? >>> I mean, what network things may happen or not happen? >> >> Nobody knows the technical differences? >> >> :-( > > ... mor

Re: To [ and ] or not to [ and ] in relayhost entries ...

2009-01-23 Thread Wietse Venema
Thomas: > Duane Hill wrote: > > Care to take a look at the Postfix documentation? > > > > http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#relayhost > > > As i wrote, i read the documentation i found - it was exactly this small > entry about relayhost! > > The answer from Noel Jones contains quite some m

Re: To [ and ] or not to [ and ] in relayhost entries ...

2009-01-23 Thread Thomas
Noel Jones wrote: ... more likely nobody cares, because postfix behavior is documented. When the relayhost is a hostname enclosed by "[ ]" brackets, postfix asks for an A record and does not ask for an MX record. If relayhost is an IP address enclosed by brackets, postfix uses that IP with n

Re: To [ and ] or not to [ and ] in relayhost entries ...

2009-01-23 Thread Thomas
Duane Hill wrote: Care to take a look at the Postfix documentation? http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#relayhost As i wrote, i read the documentation i found - it was exactly this small entry about relayhost! The answer from Noel Jones contains quite some more and deeper information -

Re: To [ and ] or not to [ and ] in relayhost entries ...

2009-01-23 Thread Duane Hill
On Sat, 24 Jan 2009, Thomas wrote: Thomas Ackermann wrote: So, does anybody know what technically is the difference between the use with and without the signs? I mean, what network things may happen or not happen? Nobody knows the technical differences? Care to take a look at the Postfix d

Re: To [ and ] or not to [ and ] in relayhost entries ...

2009-01-23 Thread Noel Jones
Thomas wrote: Thomas Ackermann wrote: So, does anybody know what technically is the difference between the use with and without the signs? I mean, what network things may happen or not happen? Nobody knows the technical differences? :-( ... more likely nobody cares, because postfix behavio

Re: To [ and ] or not to [ and ] in relayhost entries ...

2009-01-23 Thread Thomas
Thomas Ackermann wrote: So, does anybody know what technically is the difference between the use with and without the signs? I mean, what network things may happen or not happen? Nobody knows the technical differences? :-(

To [ and ] or not to [ and ] in relayhost entries ...

2009-01-23 Thread Thomas Ackermann
Hello, i read the documentation about the usage of "[" and "]" in relayhost entries ... I still not quite sure what happens or not happens when using an IP with or without such signs... relayhost = 1.2.3.4 may use MX records from DNS? What if there is no nameserver configured? Will there be