*snip*
> HOWEVER - you may need to:
>
> - allow for slow / failed response
>
> AND/OR
>
> - replace dodgy nameservers with better ones.
>
> AND/OR
>
> - run a local caching, recursing DNS that can keep the records asked for
> up-to-date between erratic responses.
>
> AND/OR
>
> - add a commonly-accessed but problematic far-end to /etc/hosts
>
I don't understand what you mean by this last point. Could you elaborate
on that one?
thanks,
Chas.
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