DOS attacked :(

[Pete]

Rick Cooper wrote:

>Sorry to top post, but
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>Are you sure that Net::CIDR is installed ( I think that
>requirement came after your original install version), and are
>you using a local caching name server? Slow downs in the network
>test arena are many time caused by resolver problems.
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Have not got internal DNS, all external, and net::cidr is
installed/updated with rpm mailscanner installation.

But this got me thinking, i tried to ping all the servers listed in
spam.lists.conf and i cannot resolve any, me think its is not good.
Although i can ping almost any other domain name i can think of, but not
any of the spamlist ones. I can ping the dcc#.dcc-servers.net found when
doing cdcc info.

CPAN shell doesnt work cos it cannot resolve the perl sites.

I have changed nothing regarding DNS or networks. I assume this is the
cause/symptom of my problems?

Having spamassassin off is a nightmare and we are getting heaps of spam.