Okay, I get it. Bill Cole wrote: >At 5:41 PM -0700 10/4/01, Elliot Wilen imposed structure on a stream >of electrons, >yielding: >>Having the >>mail server use the local DNS server doesn't help, since it passes >>requests for unknown addresses onto the ISP's DNS servers. > >Ewww. That is a bit ugly. Why do you have your local nameserver set >up that way?
Because MacDNS doesn't support recursion (TIL 22002). >Your local nameserver should be doing it's own recursion, not slaving >to your ISP's >nameserver. Looks like QuickDNS is the only way to go, then, at least on the Mac. I just confirmed that MIND/NonSequitur doesn't do recursion. Philosophically, though, I think the idea of "parent" servers as used in MacDNS makes sense as a way of distributing the load. However, I assume the issue has been pondered by some very bright minds and resolved in favor of everyone doing their own recursion. --Elliot ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
