From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Sat Sep 26 02:37:53 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D8C5106568D
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:37:53 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from jeffrey@goldmark.org)
Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com
	[66.111.4.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 648D78FC0A
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:37:53 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42])
	by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59F69772F1;
	Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:37:52 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161])
	by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:37:52 -0400
X-Sasl-enc: ty+loWcAhUYXyvU1GnKZgsXZATS3dkokF7j9yja9Np7L 1253932672
Received: from olympe.ewd.goldmark.org (n114.ewd.goldmark.org [72.64.118.114])
	by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E90DA14DFC;
	Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:37:51 -0400 (EDT)
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1076)
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes
From: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org>
In-Reply-To: <4ABD135B.9060806@webrz.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:37:49 -0500
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Message-Id: <C4F8CD08-6713-4D9B-AA92-B3C0527E4809@goldmark.org>
References: <4ABD135B.9060806@webrz.net>
To: Jos Chrispijn <kernel@webrz.net>
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1076)
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: named issue
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:37:53 -0000

On Sep 25, 2009, at 2:00 PM, Jos Chrispijn wrote:

> [named]
>
> Lately I get messages like thin in my all.log:
>
> named[605]: too many timeouts resolving '*.*.*.*.zen.spamhaus.org/ 
> A' (in 'zen.spamhaus.ORG'?): disabling EDNS
>
> (*) is random ip address

These are queries your mailservers are making to the spamhaus blocking  
list.

How many queries to the ZEN Spamhaus DNSBL are you making per day?  If  
you exceed their "non-commercial" usage, they will cut you off.

See

  http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/dnsblusage.html

-j


-- 
Jeffrey Goldberg                        http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/