[Dnsmasq-discuss] MX resolving on each request

[Simon Kelley]

On 24/11/14 15:02, Christoph Kaminski wrote:
> Hi
> 
> it is normal that dnsmasq tries to resolve the MX record on each request 
> to the forwarder?
> how can I turn it off?
> It is possible to cache this to?
> 
> the goal is to make a local caching server what is able 'to survive' some 
> time without any forwarder... it is possible?
> 
Yes, but not with dnsmasq. The cache is limited, by history and design,
to A, AAAA, CNAME and (some) PTR records. Everything else gets answered,
but not cached.


Cheers,

Simon.