On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Technical Support, Stalker Labs wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2001, 13:09:52 GMT
>   Joe Laffey, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I wondered if anyone (Dimitr?) knew how SIMS handles DNS caching. We run
> >all our own DNS. I changed an MX record for a domain and it took a number
> >of hours for SIMS to pick up the new MX record. The TTL of the original
> >record was 860 seconds. Something tells me that SIMS ignores this TTL.
>
> SIMS does not do DNS stuff - it relies totally on the OpenTransport domain name 
>resolver.
>
> >Wouldn't it be best to honor the TTL?
> >
> >(The SIMS box is using one of our primary UN*X name servers so I know it
> >was getting the right MX record the whole time.)
>
> Try restarting the SIMS machine - I believe that should flush OT DNR caches.

Yes, this does solve the problem immediately. However, being used to un*x
machine with 100+ day uptimes rebooting seems draconian!

Hmm... I wonder if there is a way to flush the cache programatically...


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