On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 05:49:35PM -0600, /dev/rob0 wrote in haste, and now at leisure, corrects: > I'm more familiar with BIND, and this will do it: > > # mv /etc/named.conf /etc/named.conf.distrib # touch /etc/named.conf > # echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" > /etc/resolv.conf > # named
A named.conf file is required, but being all empty means only the default settings are used. By default named will do recursion for the same host and for physically-attached networks. You could tighten that up somewhat by telling it only to listen on the loopback interface, # echo "options { listen-on { 127.0.0.1; }; };" > /etc/named.conf -- http://rob0.nodns4.us/ Offlist GMX mail is seen only if "/dev/rob0" is in the Subject: