It was my understanding that if I allow recursion, then I might as well allow malicious attackers to check my location for domains, etc. Is this a correct assessment? The way I understand recursion, it is for outsiders to check entries, and Not, for our DNS server to check others. Is this a correct understanding?
I do not remember why we implemented the non recursive rule, maybe it was simply a spamming issue that made us implement the non recursive. We have been getting pasted spam. And don't have the cabbage to purchase declude. I changed the DNS to allow recursion. I will run some tests. J.J. Beatrice, President Commandline Media, LLC http://www.commandlinemedia.com/ 877-306-8777 TF California 310-306-8777 T 310-306-0887 F Ohio 440-684-0483 T/F -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 6:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] hotmail rejection??? >As a rule, we do not alow recursion on our DNS. That would explain your problem. If your DNS servers do not allow recursion, they will not give you answers about Hotmail. But, since you got some answers for Hotmail, that means that whatever DNS server(s) are hooked up to IMail do allow recursion. :) >I do not know of any, maybe earthlink, that might allow recursion. Lots of ISPs do -- see http://www.DNSstuff.com/tools/ispdns.ch?type=A&domain=example.com for a list of some of the most common ones. >I wouldn't know how to tell imail to use another DNS server that allows >recursion anyways. Do you? The manual tells all. <BG> It's the "DNS" option in the SMTP settings. -Scott --- Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
