Steve Jenkins put forth on 3/23/2011 7:22 PM: > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Joe <j...@tmsusa.com> wrote: >> IMNSHO it's standard practice to run a dns server on the MX host. If you >> don't want a full blown bind server, at least run some sort of caching dns >> server; the difference in the lookup times has a big impact when you're >> sending messages at a high rate. > > Thx, Joe. Any advantage IYNSHO to running a full blown bind server as > opposed to something simpler like dnsmasq or nsd (or anything else > you're recommend)?
You simply need a caching resolver on an MX/outbound, not a zone server. A zone server is useless in this case. I use PowerDNS Recursor on my MX/outbound and never had a problem. Under Debian it's a 3 minute install+configuration time, assuming you read the docs beforehand. Simply, effective, low resource consumption. Oh, and free. -- Stan
