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Re: Slow MX-record resolving

From: Jona Tallieu (T & T n.v.)
Date: Sunday, June 25, 2000
Time: 11:47:11 pm

At 07:45 +0200 on 26-06-2000, Johan Solve wrote:


>>> EudoraPro v4.3.2 (Mac & Win) has problems with resolving the
>>>MX-records for some of my domains. It takes about 30-60 seconds,
>>>while 1 domain, it's less then a second. I compared the DNS-records,
>>>everything looks the same, I can ping them without a (bigger) delay.
>>>
>>>Any hints?
>>
>>Eudora (or any email client) doesn't read MX records. It just looks
>>at A and CNAME records.
>
>There is actually a setting in Eudora to use MX records when sending
>email. This is under the Hosts section of settings, or with this neat
>link:
><x-eudora-setting:190> When checked, Eudora will use MX records to
>pick the best host to exchange mail with. Works only with Open
>Transport.


Well, changing this setting solved my delay!
Thnx Johan!

BTW: does this x-eudora-setting trick work with all versions
of eudora? Could be very helpfull for providing support.
Is there a list of link-numbers to the settings?


J.



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