Sandy replied: > The question that remains is whether that local DNS server on > 127.0.0.1 can perform lookups for domains for which it is NOT > authoritative. Such lookups are most often done directly by the server > (recursion), but may also be done through designated upstream servers > (forwarders), who do the actual lookups and then "secretly" hand the > results back to your server
Sandy, When I open the MS DNS console, and go to "Properties > Forwarders", I am informed that "Forwarders are not available because this is a root server". Is this what you are referring to in mentioning "Forwarders" above? When I go to "Network neighborhood > Properties > LAN connection" and highlight "TCP/IP" then click "Properties" , I show 2 of the Uunet DNS servers IP's listed in the "Use the following DNS server addresses" fields. Is this where I would enter 1 or 2 alternative DNS server IP's other than Uunet's DNS servers (if I wished to discard Uunet's DNS servers)? Or, can I simply go to Imail's config manager > SMTP page and enter 1 or 2 new IP's of non-Uunet DNS Servers? Phil> Well, since it appears that the 4 Uunet's DNS servers are less than Phil> reliable, what would prevent me from using some other DNS server? Sandy replied: > Nothing prevents you from using any public DNS server. I know of quite > to you if the server goes down or its IP changes suddently--and how > far away it is, bandwidth-wise. It's not considered so polite to use > another ISP's public DNS, but it's done. If it solves your problem > now, and UUNet's servers are that whacked out, then go ahead, but put > it in your journal so you'll remember when that foreign server goes > AWOL. :) Well, could I not keep one Uunet DNS server, and replace the 2nd Uunet DNS server with (let's say) a PSInet DNS server so that if one times out, the other will be looked to? Philip To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
