On 12/09, Marc Andre Selig wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 10:57:05AM +0100, Axb wrote:
> 
> > Install a recursor on your machine and don't forward queries to any
> > third party recursor.

> Should I rather skip running the weekly check while I'm stuck with
> this router?

No.  It is preferable to run a local DNS server if you can, but if you
can't, and you don't know of problems resulting from that, it's not a
reason not to provide the data.  

Although it is definitely a reason to check to see if you are getting any
problems.  The best place to look is to compare your hit rates of common
DNS RBL/WL rules:  

http://ruleqa.spamassassin.org/20121208-r1418628-n/RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW/detail
http://ruleqa.spamassassin.org/20121208-r1418628-n/RCVD_IN_SBL/detail

The two basic problems are:
1) You get blocked by the RBL/WL, so you get no hits.
2) Your provider's DNS server is evil and returns an IP for one of its
webservers to feed you advertising any time you look up a hostname that
doesn't have an IP, which can result in getting the same RBL/WL response
for every IP that isn't actually listed in that RBL/WL.

Manually checking those returned values can also be useful.

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