> Actually, these files are essentially ANDed together. It doesn't just > stop once it has read your /etc/resolv.conf, it keeps going and adds in > servers from the other two files. The relevant code is here: > http://search.cpan.org/src/CREIN/Net-DNS-0.48/lib/Net/DNS/Resolver/UNIX. pm
Also you can set the environment variable RES_NAMESERVERS if you want spamd to use different nameservers from the rest of the system.