On Thu, 23 Apr 2015, Gaston Gloesener wrote:

> > Take a look at the --resolve option. This is one of the primary use cases
> > for which it was implemented.
>
> Thanks Dan for pointing me to that option, did not know I could use that.
> Would be great if the 3rd argument (i.e. the address) could also be a FQDN.

I can see how that can be useful.

A FQDN is however potentially a large amount of IP addresses and they could
even change over time, so it would require quite a lot more than just a simple
initial DNS resolve to make right.

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