qmail issue
Dorn Andras
dorn at ktk.bme.hu
Fri Apr 22 14:14:35 UTC 2005
Ok. How could I decrease my response to 500 byte? What the qmails ask
from my BIND which is more than 500 byte? A simple response to an MX query
could be more than 500 byte? Or what? I am really confused by this issue
and can not belive it is an impossible misson.
Best wishes,
Andras
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 10:02 AM +0200 2005-04-22, Dorn Andras wrote:
>
>> What could I do to solve this problem? How can I prevent the bind to send
>> more than 512 byte response?
>
> If the response is greater than ~500 bytes, then BIND will
> truncate it to less than 512 bytes, set the TC_TRUNCATED flag, and it
> is up to the resolver to re-query with TCP. Of course, if they're
> using qmail, that's probably not going to happen.
>
> So, I'm not sure you can solve this problem with BIND. Once
> you've decided to drink the Dan Kool-Aid, I don't think you've got
> any choice but to drink it all.
>
> --
> Brad Knowles, <brad at stop.mail-abuse.org>
>
> "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
> temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
>
> -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania
> Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755
>
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