I have a new spamd instance I am trying to start up on a server that sits behind another firewall (linux) machine (which I *think* is irrelevant, but that's the only different thing from our other setups that work fine) that is somehow missing DNS connections:
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' debug: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? yes debug: Net::DNS version: 0.51 debug: trying (3) motorola.com... debug: looking up NS for 'motorola.com' debug: NS lookup of motorola.com failed horribly => Perhaps your resolv.conf isn't pointing at a valid server? debug: All NS queries failed => DNS unavailable (set dns_available to override) debug: is DNS available? 0 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' However, when I telnet to port 53 of one of the IP addresses given in /etc/resolv.conf, it works just fine: ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 123.456.7.8 nameserver 987.654.1.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] telnet 123.456.7.8 53 Trying 123.456.7.8... Connected to 123.456.7.8.xxx.yyy.net (123.456.7.8). Escape character is '^]'. quit Connection closed by foreign host. ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' So, is spamd trying to dig the NS of motorola.com? That works on the command line too: ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' [EMAIL PROTECTED] dig ns motorola.com ; <<>> DiG 9.2.5 <<>> ns motorola.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 24784 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;motorola.com. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: motorola.com. 3594 IN NS motgate.mot.com. motorola.com. 3594 IN NS ftpbox.mot.com. motorola.com. 3594 IN NS dns31.mot.com. motorola.com. 3594 IN NS dns11.mot.com. motorola.com. 3594 IN NS motgate.motorola.de. ;; Query time: 3 msec ;; SERVER: 123.456.7.8#53(123.456.7.8) ;; WHEN: Tue Jul 19 13:14:17 2005 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 150 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' So does this mean that it's actually an issue with Net::DNS or Net::DNS::Resolver? They are about as up to date as they get I think (Net::DNS .52 is out now, but I don't really think that's going to fix it...?). What should I look at next? What is spamd doing that I am not doing on the command line??? TIA! ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs