From df5164950561baae8f569d46937c824173ec775c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 03:44:18 +0000 Subject: Explain a feature. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2715 --- fetchmail.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fetchmail.c b/fetchmail.c index 0fab29a3..1febf8ce 100644 --- a/fetchmail.c +++ b/fetchmail.c @@ -1065,7 +1065,9 @@ static int load_params(int argc, char **argv, int optind) #undef DEFAULT /* - * DNS support is required for some protocols. + * DNS support is required for some protocols. We used to + * do this unconditionally, but it made fetchmail excessively + * vulnerable to misconfigured DNS setups. * * If we're using ETRN, the smtp hunt list is the list of * systems we're polling on behalf of; these have to be -- cgit v1.2.3