From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 20 02:26:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA00350 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 02:26:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk (jraynard.demon.co.uk [158.152.42.77]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA00341 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 02:26:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.12) id JAA00982; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 09:07:23 GMT Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 09:07:23 GMT Message-Id: <199606200907.JAA00982@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: markd@grizzly.com CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199606191434.HAA09375@Grizzly.COM> (message from Mark Diekhans on Wed, 19 Jun 1996 07:34:30 -0700) Subject: Re: Local nameserver with a part-time ppp connection? Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Does anyone know if its possible to run a local name server with a part-time > ppp connection to the rest of the world? Yep, I run a cache-only name server which forwards all queries to my ISP's name servers. > Even with sendmail just queuing mail, its still tries to talk to the nameserver > to verify mail address. Causing it to wait for the local named to time out > trying to connect to the internet servers. Oh right, in that case a cache-only nameserver probably won't help you. I used to have a magic incantation in sendmail.cf that stopped it doing this, but I've lost it now and I don't have the "bat book" here to look it up - it just involved changing a line under Rule 96 and moving it slightly further down, as I recall. Are there any sendmail gurus who can fill in the gap here? -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk