DNS migration and folks that don't play nice

[John Abreau]

Cole Tuininga wrote:

>> Unfortunately, shortening the TTL doesn't work for clients (like AOL)
>> that cache/maintain their own DNS.
> 
> I was curious - how do folks in general deal with this?  While AOL can
> certainly constitute a large number of users, my inclination is to say
> "hell with 'em".  If they can't conform to proper netiquette, why should
> I be bending over backwards to support them?
> 
> I was just curious to get other folks' take on this quasi-philosophical
> point.
> 

I wasn't aware that AOL was screwing this up as well. However, I don't 
see anything that can be done about their blatant disregard for the way 
DNS is designed to work.

Saying "the hell with 'em" is probably your only realistic option.

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