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  1. Xref: sparky comp.bbs.waffle:5562 comp.mail.uucp:2432 comp.mail.misc:4099
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!network.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU!werple.apana.org.au!tuple.apana.org.au!boombox!djk
  3. From: djk@boombox.apana.org.au (David Keegel)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle,comp.mail.uucp,comp.mail.misc
  5. Subject: Re: Mixed format addresses
  6. Message-ID: <dobPrAiPBh107h@boombox.apana.org.au>
  7. Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 09:13:49 +1100
  8. References: <e539VB6w165w@willard.UUCP> <b8jMrA7ABh107h@boombox.apana.org.au> <1992Dec24.185932.29142@sol.UVic.CA>
  9. Reply-To: David.Keegel@apana.org.au
  10. Organization: Private site, Melbourne, Australia.
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  13. In <1992Dec24.185932.29142@sol.UVic.CA> klassen@sol.UVic.CA (Melvin Klassen) writes:
  14. >Then, every query will return an **authoritative** "not found" result.
  15. >A "smart" name-server will put the "not found" response into its cache,
  16. >and will never bother the root name-server for a long time!
  17.  
  18. Last time I looked, BIND didn't support caching negative information.
  19. If it does (or you have DNS server code which does!), do tell.
  20.  
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  22. <David.Keegel@apana.org.au>  <werple!tuple!boombox!djk>  Tel: +61 3 593-1460
  23. aka: djk@boombox.apana.org.au, djk@cs.mu.oz.au.  Formerly: djk@bby.com.au.
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