Wow, that _is_ a pretty big mail backup on sourceware

Jeffrey A Law law@redhat.com
Mon Dec 31 19:40:00 GMT 2001


  In message < si8zmzh4gc.fsf@daffy.airs.com >you write:
  > Why does sourceware use external name servers?  That's going to slow
  > Has anybody considered installing dnscache from djbdns?  I'm using it
  > at airs.com.  I would be happy to install it on sourceware--it's a
  > snap to install.  Does anybody think that would be a bad idea?
  > 
  > Running a local name server would send a bit more traffic over the
  > external network routes.  But domain traffic is very small.  And the
  > useful information would be cached.  Overall I think it would speed up
  > performance a bit.
Running a caching nameserver sounds like an excellent idea.  I have no
idea why it isn't being done already.

jeff



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