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Re: MercuryE SMTP Client Not Using Host Table for MX Records

Peter Strömblad:...this is dependent on what dns call is being used from mercury - you can programmatically call dns like: DNS_QUERY_NO_HOSTS_FILE - but I don't know which windows call David uses... Hopefully if it is coded to not use the hosts file then it can easily be changed to use the hosts file. Peter Strömblad:There are also angry ...

Posted to Mercury Suggestions (Forum) by rshouts on November 20, 2007
MercuryE SMTP Client Not Using Host Table for MX Records

It appears that the MecuryE SMTP Client bypasses the local host table when resolving the IP address for MX records. It is only using the IP address from a DNS lookup of the URL obtained from the MX records. I have two different email servers on my internal network, Mercury and another one. When a user on a domain on the other ...

Posted to Mercury Suggestions (Forum) by rshouts on November 16, 2007