Hi Bill. We're going to try this today (method 2) and see what happens... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828263
Seems like it attacks the problem from the server side... This is the DNS server-based change I was looking for... *********************** Charlie Kaiser [email protected] Kingman, AZ *********************** > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:21 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: DNS issue > > Charlie, I developed a similar problem yesterday when I > replaced the SMTP proxy on my Watchgaurd X500 with the SMTP > filter. With just the proxy enabled, DNS resolves fine. But > when I enable the SMTP filter, DNS queries run amok and the > firewall logs fill up with DNS traffic. > Web browsing slows to a crawl and exchange queues back up. I > blame Watchguard, but I haven't been able to find a solution > yet other than sticking with the Proxy which has to go for an > unrelated reason. > > Bill ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
