diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4dc2042..e39292f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Dynamic DNS services currently supported include:
     ClouDNS     - See https://www.cloudns.net
     dinahosting - See https://dinahosting.com
     Gandi       - See https://gandi.net
-	dnsexit		- See https://dnsexit.com/ for details
+    dnsexit     - See https://dnsexit.com/ for details
 
 DDclient now supports many of cable/dsl broadband routers.
 
diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index c47b199..e71efca 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -462,10 +462,10 @@ my %variables = (
         'wildcard'            => setv(T_BOOL,  0, 1, 0,                    undef),
     },
     'dnsexit-common-defaults'       => {
-        'ssl'         => setv(T_BOOL,    0, 0, 0, 0, undef),
-        'use'         => setv(T_USE,  0, 1, 1, 'web',undef),
-        'server'      => setv(T_FQDNP,  0, 1, 1, 'update.dnsexit.com', undef),
-        'script'      => setv(T_STRING,  0, 1, 1, '/RemoteUpdate.sv', undef),
+        'ssl'         => setv(T_BOOL,   0, 0, 0, undef),
+        'server'      => setv(T_FQDNP,  1, 0, 'update.dnsexit.com', undef),
+        'script'      => setv(T_STRING, 0, 1, '/RemoteUpdate.sv', undef),
+        'min-error-interval' => setv(T_DELAY, 0, 0, interval('8m'), 0),
     },
 );
 my %services = (
@@ -3456,26 +3456,49 @@ EoEXAMPLE
 }
 ######################################################################
 ## nic_dnsexit_update
+##
+## written by Gonzalo Pérez de Olaguer Córdoba <salo@gpoc.es>
+##
+## based on https://www.dnsexit.com/Direct.sv?cmd=ipClients
+## fetches this URL to update:
+## https://update.dnsexit.com/RemoteUpdate.sv?login=yourlogin&password=yourpassword&
+## host=yourhost.yourdomain.com&myip=xxx.xx.xx.xxx
+##
 ######################################################################
 sub nic_dnsexit_update {
     debug("\nnic_dnsexit_update -------------------");
 
+    my %status = (
+         '0'        => [ 'good',    'Success' ],
+         '1'        => [ 'nochg',   'IP is the same as the IP on the system' ],
+         '2'        => [ 'badauth', 'Invalid password' ],
+         '3'        => [ 'badauth', 'User not found' ],
+         '4'        => [ 'nochg',   'IP not changed. To save our system resources, please don\'t post updates unless the IP got changed.' ],
+         '10'       => [ 'error',   'Hostname is not specified' ],
+         '11'       => [ 'nohost',  'fail to find the domain' ],
+         '13'       => [ 'error',   'parameter validation error' ],
+    );
+
     ## update each configured host
     foreach my $h (@_) {
-       my $ip = delete $config{$h}{'wantip'};
+        my $ip = delete $config{$h}{'wantip'};
         info("setting IP address to %s for %s", $ip, $h);
         verbose("UPDATE:","updating %s", $h);
 
         # Set the URL that we're going to update
         my $url;
-        $url  = "http://$config{$h}{'server'}$config{$h}{'script'}";
+        $url  = "https://$config{$h}{'server'}$config{$h}{'script'}";
         $url .= "?login=$config{$h}{'login'}";
         $url .= "&password=$config{$h}{'password'}";
         $url .= "&host=$h";
-        $url .= "&myip=$ip";
+        $url .= "&myip=";
+        $url .= $ip if $ip;
 
         # Try to get URL
-        my $reply = geturl(opt('proxy'), $url);
+        my $reply = geturl(
+            proxy => opt('proxy'),
+            url => $url
+        );
 
         # No response, declare as failed
         if (!defined($reply) || !$reply) {
@@ -3485,18 +3508,30 @@ sub nic_dnsexit_update {
         last if !header_ok($h, $reply);
 
         # Response found
-        if ($reply =~ /(\d+)=(.+)/)
-        {
-            $config{$h}{'ip'}     = $ip;
-            $config{$h}{'mtime'}  = $now;
-            $config{$h}{'status'} = 'good';
-            success("updating %s: good: IP address set to %s", $h, $ip);
-         } else {
-            my @reply = split /\n/, $reply;
-            my $returned = pop(@reply);
+        if ($reply =~ /(\d+)=(.+)/) {
+            my ($statuscode, $statusmsg) = ($1, $2);
+            if (exists $status{$statuscode}) {
+                my ($status, $message) = @{ $status{$statuscode} };
+                if ($status =~ m'^(good|nochg)$') {
+                    $config{$h}{'ip'}     = $ip;
+                    $config{$h}{'mtime'}  = $now;
+                }
+                $config{$h}{'status'} = $status;
+                if ($status eq 'good') {
+                    success("updating %s: good: IP address set to %s", $h, $ip);
+                } else {
+                    warning("updating %s: %s: %s", $h, $status, $message);
+                }
+            } else {
+                $config{$h}{'status'} = 'failed';
+                failed("updating %s: failed: unrecognized status code (%s)", $h, $statuscode);
+            }
+        } else {
             $config{$h}{'status'} = 'failed';
-            failed("updating %s: Server said: '$returned'", $h);
-         }
+            warning("SENT:    %s", $url) unless opt('verbose');
+            warning("REPLIED: %s", $reply);
+            failed("updating %s: unrecognized reply.", $h);
+        }
     }
 }
 ######################################################################