[Tickets #7374] Re: speed up hostname lookups on broken DNS

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7374
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  Ticket             | 7374
  Updated By         | arjen+horde at de-korte.org
  Summary            | speed up hostname lookups on broken DNS
  Queue              | Horde Framework Packages
  Version            | HEAD
  Type               | Enhancement
  State              | Assigned
  Priority           | 2. Medium
  Milestone          | 3.3.1
  Patch              | 1
  Owners             | Horde Developers
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arjen+horde at de-korte.org (2008-10-07 09:34) wrote:

Defaulting to a 1 second timeout and 1 retry only will result in  
failed hostname lookups on slow connections. Wouldn't it be better to  
use more conservative defaults (5 seconds, 3 retries) and have  
administrators lower these values should they feel this provides a  
better performance?