Re: DNS timeout problem

2007-07-09 Thread Tony Houghton
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Proulx wrote: > For your Debian machine it is very easy with the following commands. > > $ sudo apt-get update > $ sudo apt-get install bind9 > > The default package configuration is a caching nameserver and the > above commands should be all that is needed to set

Re: DNS timeout problem

2007-07-08 Thread Tony Houghton
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gary V wrote: > >Gary V wrote: > > > >> As mentioned twice, use a local caching DNS server (like bind for > >> example). Even if configured to forward requests to your ISP's DNS > >> server it may make a big difference. What OS are you running? > > > >Linux. > > Exactly

Re: DNS timeout problem

2007-07-08 Thread Tony Houghton
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, SM wrote: > At 06:10 07-07-2007, Tony Houghton wrote: > >SA used to kill a different router I used to have, but I don't think > >that's the problem here. I temporarily pointed /etc/resolv.conf to my > >ISP's servers and restarted

Re: DNS timeout problem

2007-07-08 Thread Tony Houghton
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gary V wrote: > As mentioned twice, use a local caching DNS server (like bind for example). > Even if configured to forward requests to your ISP's DNS server it may make > a big difference. What OS are you running? Linux. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk

Re: DNS timeout problem

2007-07-07 Thread Tony Houghton
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Proulx wrote: > Tony Houghton wrote: > > SA used to kill a different router I used to have, but I don't think > > that's the problem here. > > I don't see how even a low end router would have a problem with the > amount of

Re: DNS timeout problem

2007-07-07 Thread Tony Houghton
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, SM wrote: > Hi Tony, > At 15:01 06-07-2007, Tony Houghton wrote: > >I just use the one built in to my ADSL router; I don't know whether it > >caches. The one it forwards to at my ISP is probably bind. > > The DNS server on your A

Re: DNS timeout problem

2007-07-06 Thread Tony Houghton
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James D. Rallo wrote: > Are you running a local dns caching server? I just use the one built in to my ADSL router; I don't know whether it caches. The one it forwards to at my ISP is probably bind. > Do manual queries to rbls take a long time? (Hint: Don't run the query >

DNS timeout problem

2007-07-06 Thread Tony Houghton
I'm having a problem with spamassassin taking ages due to DNS lookups timing out. I could make the timeout shorter, but I'd rather try to find out what it's failing on and stop it trying to do those lookups. I've made a log of its debugging output (attached) but I don't understand it well enough to