Austin I was running Bind 9.2.2 on NT and changed to the Linux version as = there is an issue with 9.2.2 that they are aware of that bind stops = responding on the UDP port for some reason. There is no failure in Bind (= does not stop) and no event logs are produced.
here's a brief snippet from my conversation with Danny Mayer the guru on = NT Bind: > >Are you running NT 4.0 or W2K? There is a problem in W2K which causes > >it to stop responding on a UDP socket. This is due to a Microsoft bug > >that they introduced in W2K in the protocol. There is a workaround for = it > >in SP2, but it also requires code changes to BIND, instead of their = just=20 > fixing > >the underlying bug. There is a fix for this in BIND 9.3.0. > > > >Danny > > > >thanks Danny, > >I'm running on 4.0 sp6. Where do I get 9.3.0 for NT? Do you think it = will >fix my problem? You can't. It's still under development. I don't know the timetable for=20 release. It should fix your problem. Also, I'm not sure you want to solve it with DNS. Don't you want all = inbound mail to go through your IMgate and then get passed to IMail? hope this helps... bob On Tuesday, December 31, 2002 8:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Good Morning IMGate List. > >This is Austin. Me & my number one gun, have swung the CEO on purchasing = us >IMail in leui (sp?) of Exchange. Len and Don offered some help on the = learning >curve, and we're grateful. >It doesnt look like it will be too bad. > >BUT >I just dl'd ISC Bind 9.2 for NT. >b/c we couldn't mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >instead we could only mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I may be wrong but I told her we could fix this with a cname in BIND. Am = I >right/wrong? >I dont want end users mailing to the hosts FQDN, just the >domain name. > >Also if ANYONE has a smattering of DNS files for NT that I can look at = for >their domain, I'll FedEx them doughnuts. > >Was up past midnight last night, googling "bind" + "nt" + >"tutorial" > >May as well have been running it on Linux for what came back >Did fine until I started making the forward and reverse zones. Then down = in >flames. Anyone with working configs (not the core files the zone files) = that >they dont feel are a risk to share with me, I sure would love >you for it. > >Thanks >Probably best to mail me at work or my coworker > >Thanks to ALL, (I dont think this is RTFM) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Take Care & Happy New Year to all of you >-A > > >
