zen.spamhaus.org not resolving

[mtindor]

My guess is that because Google's resolvers are free and open to the public for use, they can generate a tremendous amount of traffic by all of the servers that are configured to use Google resolvers. So, probably Spamhaus has specifically configured their servers so that they reject any zen (or other spamhaus dbl) queries that come through Google resolvers. Just a guess.

M

[mtindor]

My guess is that because Google's resolvers are free and open to the public for use, they can generate a tremendous amount of traffic by all of the servers that are configured to use Google resolvers. So, probably Spamhaus has specifically configured their servers so that they reject any zen (or other spamhaus dbl) queries that come through Google resolvers. Just a guess.

M

Ok, not a guess now. If you look on the Spamhaus site at their FAQ, they do state that you can't query Spamhaus data using Google resolvers -- http://www.spamhaus.org/faq/answers....BL%20Usage#261

M

[Bdzzld]

Please note: OpenDNS servers are free resolvers as well and do the job without any problems as soon as we moved them up in the /etc/resolv.conf file. We've removed Google DNS from the file for now.