02-08-2013
I think the concern is that the host you forward mail to is defined, and the hosts file is redundant but more reliable. The DNS/resolv.conf IP's are nameservers.
If you want more detail on what is failing, you can trace system calls when the server/app tries to deliver with truss/strace/tusc.
Last edited by DGPickett; 02-11-2013 at 11:10 AM..
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The EventDnsBase class
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Represents Libevent's DNS base structure. Used to resolve DNS asyncronously, parse configuration files like resolv.conf etc.
CLASS SYNOPSIS
EventDnsBase
final
EventDnsBase
Constants
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