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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/21/26 2:49 PM, Nick Tait via
bind-users wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:5a988267-e300-4860-8ae9-0e2e26e3d8ae@tait.net.nz">
<p>Your theory sounds entirely plausible. Are you aware of the
"forward" option
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bind9.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference.html#namedconf-statement-forward"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://bind9.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference.html#namedconf-statement-forward</a>)?:</p>
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<p><strong>Grammar: </strong><code
class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">forward</span>
<span class="pre">(</span> <span class="pre">first</span> <span
class="pre">|</span> <span class="pre">only</span> <span
class="pre">);</span></code></p>
<p><strong>Blocks: </strong>options, template, view, zone
(forward, primary, secondary, static-stub, stub)</p>
<p><strong>Tags: </strong>query</p>
<p>Allows or disallows fallback to recursion if forwarding has
failed; it is always used in conjunction with the <a
class="reference internal"
href="https://bind9.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference.html#namedconf-statement-forwarders"
title="namedconf-statement-forwarders"
moz-do-not-send="true"><code
class="xref any namedconf namedconf-ref docutils literal notranslate"><span
class="pre">forwarders</span></code></a> statement.</p>
<p>This option is only meaningful if the <a
class="reference internal"
href="https://bind9.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference.html#namedconf-statement-forwarders"
title="namedconf-statement-forwarders"
moz-do-not-send="true"><code
class="xref any namedconf namedconf-ref docutils literal notranslate"><span
class="pre">forwarders</span></code></a> list is not
empty. A value of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span
class="pre">first</span></code> is the default and causes
the server to query the forwarders first; if that does not
answer the question, the server then looks for the answer
itself. If <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span
class="pre">only</span></code> is specified, the server
only queries the forwarders.</p>
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<p>i.e. If you wanted to stop BIND from making the 'last ditch
effort', you could try setting the forward option to "only".</p>
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<p>Thanks, I tried that and it seems to have quieted down the log
spamming.</p>
<p>The real fix is to get this DNS interference turned off, of
course.</p>
<p>Ted</p>
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