Search Again: Re: LetterRip Overrunning our DNS? From: Len Conrad Date: Monday, April 19, 2004 Time: 10:46:40 am >A 233 MHz machine running classic Mac OS should be able to handle several >hundred recursive queries per second, but I'm not sure what the response >time ends up being (assuming bandwidth isn't an issue). If bandwidth >becomes restricted, then you start to have real problems. I agree, I bet he's saturating the outbound link, causing DNS and SMTP traffic to be slowed, screwing up everything. DNS timeouts is a symptom, not the cause. It's very easy to saturate a T-1 with a list server, esp if the server is sending one recipient per SMTP connection, rather than multiple recipients per connection and/or the msgs are big (with attachments enabled). Len

Messages In This Thread: LetterRip Overrunning our DNS? by Kenneth Kirksey on Apr 19, 2004 at 9:01:40 am Re: LetterRip Overrunning our DNS? by Men & Mice Support on Apr 19, 2004 at 9:44:25 am Re: LetterRip Overrunning our DNS? by Kenneth Kirksey on Apr 19, 2004 at 9:55:51 am Re: LetterRip Overrunning our DNS? by Men & Mice Support on Apr 19, 2004 at 10:37:22 am Re: LetterRip Overrunning our DNS? by Len Conrad on Apr 19, 2004 at 10:46:40 am Re: LetterRip Overrunning our DNS? by Kenneth Kirksey on Apr 19, 2004 at 11:16:05 am