Re: Host command timing out sporadically

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Marais
ecursion setting in named is immaterial when doing dig +trace. > Once dig gets the addresses of the root server, it stops asking your local > copy of named and starts asking the root servers for itself and does not rely > any further on named. > > Lyle > > On 05/02/12

Re: Host command timing out sporadically

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Marais
s to the real issue you have. > > Lyle Giese > LCR Computer Services, Inc. > > On 05/02/12 16:36, Paul Marais wrote: >> >> Thanks Lyle, >> You're right - I started using the host command because it was giving me the >> error I found in the postfix logs..

Re: Host command timing out sporadically

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Marais
use a longer timeout perhaps. On May 2, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Lyle Giese wrote: > On 05/02/12 12:12, Paul Marais wrote: >> Hi, >> I'm having an issue where my postfix server is having trouble with some >> lookups. >> When I type 'host', 80% of the time I get decen

Re: Host command timing out sporadically

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Marais
;<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> mx gmail.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 32902 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 5 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available On May 2, 2012, at 1

Host command timing out sporadically

2012-05-02 Thread Paul Marais
Hi, I'm having an issue where my postfix server is having trouble with some lookups. When I type 'host ', 80% of the time I get decent reply speed, but for 20% I get a 5 second delay, or even a timeout. My nameserver is configured to only allow recursion for hosts on my local network, and I have