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On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 02:11:47PM -0400, david-8uUts6sDVDvs2Lz0fTdYFQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, david-8uUts6sDVDvs2Lz0fTdYFQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
> > you run your own nameserver or using your ISPs NS?  If you're using your
> > ISPs NS, I'd suggest installing bind as a local resolver or try switching
> > to UltraDNS's nameservers to see if that helps.
> 
> I don't run my own.  I supposed I should at least run a caching
> nameserver.  Right now I'm so swamped with all the broken stuff, I can't
> think about that right now.
> 
> I'll have to look into which nameservers when I get home.  UltraDNS seems
> like a pay service.  This is just me, so I don't know that I could justify
> paying for DNS.

For temporary (and debugging purposes) just switch to 4.2.2.1.

Longer term, it is easy to set up a caching nameserver.

-dsr-

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