Name server time out

[Kevin Darcy]

Collin Koster wrote:

> Hello
>
> I have installed a mailserver whit redhat 6.1, with linux conf.
> I'ts run properly, but..
> When i send a email to an wrong emailadres, i get the message:
>     name server timeout.
> That is good, because the domainname is wrong, but it is during: 1 minute
> and 20 seconds when the nameserver response!!!
> Where can i set the timer of the name server????
> I want to a faster name server time out signal!!!

A faster timeout is not the answer. You need to get to the cause of why the
query isn't being resolved properly. A name in an unknown domain should
either be answered authoritatively by your internal root servers that it
doesn't exist, or forwarded externally. It should *not* be timing out. That
is *not* good.

You're not using an Internet hints file with no direct Internet connectivity
and no forwarding, are you? That would force your poor nameservers to waste
a lot of time and effort whenever they try to resolve names in unknown
domains.


- Kevin