Yes. If your server uses 127.0.0.1 as its primary name server, you have (at least) a caching name server installed. It can also do other things, such as hosting domains, but what's important is that spamdyke's queries don't have to travel across the network.
-- Sam Clippinger BC wrote: > On 2/8/2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> actually we had dnscache running on the mailservers, but an external >> bind nameserver (okay, one hop) answers faster the dnscache - just >> for the knowledge base :) > > I may be showing my ignorance here... > > I'm using djbdns configured as an external forwarding caching > nameserver. It polls my ISP's (Comcast) nameserver cache which is > located in the metro Denver area (I live nearby.) The responses from it > are almost instantaneous. > > Is this the sort of thing you are talking about? > > > > _______________________________________________ > spamdyke-users mailing list > spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org > http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users _______________________________________________ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users
