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diff --git a/checkalias.c b/checkalias.c
index 1eca63da..80e3f007 100644
--- a/checkalias.c
+++ b/checkalias.c
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
* Copyright 1997 by Eric S. Raymond
* For license terms, see the file COPYING in this directory.
*/
-
+#include "config.h"
+#ifdef HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
@@ -12,10 +13,14 @@
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netdb.h>
+#include "mx.h"
#include "fetchmail.h"
-
-int is_ip_alias(const char *name1,const char *name2)
-/* Given two hostnames as arguments, returns TRUE if they
+
+#define MX_RETRIES 3
+
+static int is_ip_alias(const char *name1,const char *name2)
+/*
+ * Given two hostnames as arguments, returns TRUE if they
* have at least one IP address in common.
* It is meant to be called by the is_host_alias() function in driver.c
* No check is done on errors returned by gethostbyname,
@@ -50,11 +55,9 @@ int is_ip_alias(const char *name1,const char *name2)
dummy_addr = host_a_addr;
}
-
hp = gethostbyname(name2);
dummy_addr = (address_e *)NULL;
-
for (i=0,p = hp->h_addr_list; *p != 0; i++,p++)
{
struct in_addr in;
@@ -80,3 +83,129 @@ int is_ip_alias(const char *name1,const char *name2)
return (FALSE);
}
+int is_host_alias(const char *name, struct query *ctl)
+/* determine whether name is a DNS alias of the hostname */
+{
+ struct hostent *he,*he_st;
+ struct mxentry *mxp, *mxrecords;
+
+ struct hostdata *lead_server =
+ ctl->server.lead_server ? ctl->server.lead_server : &ctl->server;
+
+ /*
+ * The first two checks are optimizations that will catch a good
+ * many cases.
+ *
+ * (1) check against the `true name' deduced from the poll label
+ * and the via option (if present) at the beginning of the poll cycle.
+ * Odds are good this will either be the mailserver's FQDN or a suffix of
+ * it with the mailserver's domain's default host name omitted.
+ *
+ * (2) Then check the rest of the `also known as'
+ * cache accumulated by previous DNS checks. This cache is primed
+ * by the aka list option.
+ *
+ * Any of these on a mail address is definitive. Only if the
+ * name doesn't match any is it time to call the bind library.
+ * If this happens odds are good we're looking at an MX name.
+ */
+ if (strcasecmp(lead_server->truename, name) == 0)
+ return(TRUE);
+ else if (str_in_list(&lead_server->akalist, name, TRUE))
+ return(TRUE);
+ else if (!ctl->server.dns)
+ return(FALSE);
+
+#ifndef HAVE_RES_SEARCH
+ return(FALSE);
+#else
+ /*
+ * The only code that calls the BIND library is here and in the
+ * start-of-query probe with gethostbyname(3).
+ *
+ * We know DNS service was up at the beginning of this poll cycle.
+ * If it's down, our nameserver has crashed. We don't want to try
+ * delivering the current message or anything else from this
+ * mailbox until it's back up.
+ */
+ else if ((he = gethostbyname(name)) != (struct hostent *)NULL)
+ {
+ if (strcasecmp(ctl->server.truename, he->h_name) == 0)
+ goto match;
+ else if (((he_st = gethostbyname(ctl->server.truename)) != (struct hostent *)NULL) && ctl->server.checkalias)
+ {
+ if (outlevel == O_VERBOSE)
+ error(0, 0, "Checking if %s is really the same node as %s",ctl->server.truename,name);
+ if (is_ip_alias(ctl->server.truename,name) == TRUE)
+ {
+ if (outlevel == O_VERBOSE)
+ error(0, 0, "Yes, their IP addresses match");
+ goto match;
+ }
+ if (outlevel == O_VERBOSE)
+ error(0, 0, "No, their IP addresses don't match");
+ }
+ else
+ return(FALSE);
+ }
+ else
+ switch (h_errno)
+ {
+ case HOST_NOT_FOUND: /* specified host is unknown */
+ case NO_ADDRESS: /* valid, but does not have an IP address */
+ break;
+
+ case NO_RECOVERY: /* non-recoverable name server error */
+ case TRY_AGAIN: /* temporary error on authoritative server */
+ default:
+ if (outlevel != O_SILENT)
+ putchar('\n'); /* terminate the progress message */
+ error(0, 0,
+ "nameserver failure while looking for `%s' during poll of %s.",
+ name, ctl->server.pollname);
+ ctl->errcount++;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * We're only here if DNS was OK but the gethostbyname() failed
+ * with a HOST_NOT_FOUND or NO_ADDRESS error.
+ * Search for a name match on MX records pointing to the server.
+ */
+ h_errno = 0;
+ if ((mxrecords = getmxrecords(name)) == (struct mxentry *)NULL)
+ {
+ switch (h_errno)
+ {
+ case HOST_NOT_FOUND: /* specified host is unknown */
+ case NO_ADDRESS: /* valid, but does not have an IP address */
+ return(FALSE);
+ break;
+
+ case NO_RECOVERY: /* non-recoverable name server error */
+ case TRY_AGAIN: /* temporary error on authoritative server */
+ default:
+ error(0, -1,
+ "nameserver failure while looking for `%s' during poll of %s.",
+ name, ctl->server.pollname);
+ ctl->errcount++;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ for (mxp = mxrecords; mxp->name; mxp++)
+ if (strcasecmp(ctl->server.truename, mxp->name) == 0)
+ goto match;
+ return(FALSE);
+ match:;
+ }
+
+ /* add this name to relevant server's `also known as' list */
+ save_str(&lead_server->akalist, name, 0);
+ return(TRUE);
+#endif /* HAVE_RES_SEARCH */
+}
+#endif /* HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME */
+
+/* checkalias.c ends here */