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List:       djbdns
Subject:    Re: having two different routes for pop3 connections
From:       Mate Wierdl <mw () wierdlmpc ! msci ! memphis ! edu>
Date:       2000-08-30 16:59:23
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On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 05:04:07PM +0200, clemensF wrote:
> > Mate Wierdl:
> 
> > Now for clients, it would be useful to be able to cache the name of
> > the server ( ns1.yahoo.com ns3.europe.yahoo.com or ns5.dcx.yahoo.com)
> > they connected to, and next time they would directly query that
> > server.  If this name couldbe cached for a long time, this scheme
> > might be more efficient than the present one.
> 
> i guess not.  big isp's want to reconfigure services in seconds, that's
> propably behind the decision to give pickdns' served ip# a five second ttl.

We are not talking about A records.  How often does yahoo changes the
name of its three nameservers?

Mate

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