FWIW, DNS packets (request and response) are quite small. Obviously being on the same box is ideal (speedwise), however being on your subnet or an adjoining subnet probably won't make much of a noticeable difference (unless your adjoining network is through a 56k modem or something like that). I wouldn't worry too much about DNS lookups, unless you're doing a LOT of them (I guess that's a possibility with mailman).

Neil

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From: Angel Gabriel <badmangabriel@lycos.co.uk> To: Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui@plaidworks.com> Cc: mailman-users@python.org Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] Local DNS vs. DNS on the same subnet Date: 20 Jan 2003 22:49:58 +0000

Damn, this posses a problem! I'm going to have to make do with having a DNS server on the same subnet, and when I get the chance, I'll link the two via secondary network cards, and a seperate hub. That way, it should be as fast as it can go.

-----Original Message----- From: Chuq Von Rospach [mailto:chuqui@plaidworks.com] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:16 PM To: Angel Gabriel Cc: mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Local DNS vs. DNS on the same subnet

On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 02:22 PM, Angel Gabriel wrote:

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My question is, would it be quicker to have the DNS on the same machine as mailman,

Yes, sometimes very significantly

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