On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 02:07:59PM +0530, Prajval Sequeira wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to know exactly how DNS lookup happens in Qmail.
>
> I know there is a resolver library in qmail. Is it enough if I forward
> the request to a nameserver or must BIND run on my system,
qmail's resolver library uses the libc resolver calls, so you can just
specify a nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf.
For optimal performance, we recommend running dnscache (not BIND)
locally. You can read about it at http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html
> Also is DNS caching done in Qmail
No, that is not the task of a mailer.
Greetz, Peter
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