I have to say I also agree with Sandy. While recommending a free external
DNS solution like OpenDNS is an easy fix for many less technical customers,
as Sandy has pointed out it is not the best solution.
1. The customer has no control over its availability. With a free external
DNS solution
There is also the question of loss of connectivity from point A to OpenDNS
server #1 which is all that you have if you setup Declude to use a Single
Source DNS server. If anywhere in that path there is an outage you will
have no DNS.
Far better to learn a little about DNS and run your own. Then
Sandy, I agree with you. While recommending OpenDNS is certainly painless
and easy for the support desk, it is certainly not the best solution for an
in-house mail server - especially those running anti-spam products.
Just my .02
~Patrick
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Sandy,
A single physical DNS server may go down, sure, whatever. The DNS
config (redundant DNS servers or load-balanced on a virtual IP) used
by a mail infrastructure _must_ be 100% as available as the
mailservers themselves. I'm certain that everybody on this list who
runs a hosting provider or
Thanks Kevin. I will be sure to pass this info on to the customers that i speak
with.
From: Kevin Bilbee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 2:19 PM
To: declude.junkmail@declude.com
Subject: RE: Re[6]: [Declude.JunkMail] DNS Changes
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