<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/8/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:kanetse@gmail.com">kanetse@gmail.com</a></b> <<a href="mailto:kane.tse@gmail.com">kane.tse@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I haven't got it specially looking for <a href="http://gstmp163.google.com">gstmp163.google.com</a> over any<br>other server; however, I did notice that on multiple runs of 'dig',<br>the order of the various servers would appear different. (
i.e.<br>sometimes gsmtp163 was first; and other times it was in the middle;<br>and other times it was at the end).<br></blockquote></div><br>I get the same results every time I run it, but I do have a couple of caching name servers between me and the Internet (I have one on my LAN which if it doesn't have the entry looks to OpenDNS (
<a href="http://www.opendns.com">http://www.opendns.com</a>). Also, the order they appear isn't as important as the number next to the server name. The lower the number, the higher the priority the server is (eg, "5
<a href="http://gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com">gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com</a>" is the first server that should be tried). It's possible that gsmtp163 is having issues and most people don't get to it because it's cost is 50. Not sure why your server is trying to send to it, though....
<br><br>If you're not opposed to changing your DNS settings, you could try using OpenDNS as your upstream provider.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><a href="http://jacob.steenhagen.us">http://jacob.steenhagen.us</a>