On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Mike Cardwell <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/02/2010 19:33, Martin Nicholas wrote: >> Careful when using OpenDNS. Examples: >> >> smtp5:/# host -t mx sdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsgmail.com 208.67.220.220 >> sdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsgmail.com does not exist at resolver2.opendns.com, try again >> >> smtp5:/# host -t a sdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsgmail.com 208.67.220.220 >> sdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsgmail.com A 67.215.65.132 >> !!! sdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsgmail.com A record has zero ttl >> >> smtp5:/# host -t a sdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsgmail.com >> sdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsgmail.com does not exist (Authoritative answer) >> >> If you're checking for an A-record you'll always get an answer with OpenDNS. > > Unless you turn that off. >
And until their marketing department turns on another "feature". Using DNS from a company who's primary business model is to muck about with DNS is just not a good idea. > -- > Mike Cardwell : UK based IT Consultant, Perl developer, Linux admin > Cardwell IT Ltd. : UK Company - http://cardwellit.com/ #06920226 > Technical Blog : Tech Blog - https://secure.grepular.com/ > Spamalyser : Spam Tool - http://spamalyser.com/ > > -- > ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users > ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ > ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/ > -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
