I agree with Bill, it's not necessary to change your ms dns server, wins lookup can be disabled.
Calin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Healy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:05 PM Subject: [xmail] Re: Broadcast requests > > I sort of stand corrected. I did find a knowledge base article that says > if DNS fails it will send a request to the WINS server on port 137. But > it's not a broadcast as you said you were seeing. > > I also found the following article which describes how to disable > WINS/NetBT name resolution. > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299977 > > Is WINS installed on your xmail server? Does your xmail server need to > use WINS or look up NetBios names for any other reason? If there is a > reason then you won't be able to disable it. > > Bill > > >---------- > >From: Bill Healy > >Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:45 AM > >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > >Subject: [xmail] Re: Broadcast requests > > > > > >I don't know that WINS is the problem. WINS would not be broadcasting > >the request, the server would contact the WINS server directly and make > >the request if one was configured. > > > >Bill > > > > > >>---------- > >>From: DOLIST Technical Center[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 6:38 AM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: [xmail] Re: Broadcast requests > >> > >> > >>Bonjour Calin, > >> > >>Friday, November 29, 2002, 2:47:12 PM, Calin Florescu wrote: > >> > >>> Are you using an ms dns server? An ms dns server can generate netbios > >>> queries. > >> > >>Yes. > >> > >>> If yes, check the dns server help about 'WINS lookup integration'. > >> > >>> Quoted: "The presence of a WINS resource record can instruct the DNS > >>>service > >>> to use WINS to look up any forward queries for host names or names that > >>>are > >>> not found in the zone database." > >> > >>Garg :( > >>Well I will try to use a BIND DNS server instead asap. > >> > >>Thank you for the advice, > >>-- > >>DOLIST Technical Center > >>__________________________________________________ > >> > >>DOLIST.NET, Internet E-mail List Server Technology > >>DOLIST information at : http://www.dolist.net > >> > >>- > >>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > >>the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >- > >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
