Ace-
That's exactly the information I was looking for. I appreciate the
clarification on this issue! I was aware of the different locations for
recursion settings but wasn't what the consequences were of doing it one way
or the other...Thanks!

"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

> In news:3F65CB51-3250-4C1A-954B-72DB575FC967@microsoft.com,
> beedsell <beedsell@discussions.microsoft.com> stated, which I commented on
> below:
> > I know I can do this within the properties of a DNS server, but
> > functionally, can I disable recursion on a DNS server and then
> > configure it with a forwarder and expect name resolution (external)
> > to work? I thought that I'd seen where this cannot be done but I
> > can't seem to find a clear answer, and I'm not 100% sure I understood
> > the information I found. Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> There are two different disable recursion settings. One is under the
> Advanced tab. That will kill all outside resolution other than zones it has
> on the machine. ISPs do this when they are hosting zones for their clients.
>
> The other setting is under the Forwarders tab. If you set a forwarder, and
> check the box on the bottom that says disable recursion, then it will
> resolve outside data only thru the use of the forwarders and will never use
> the Root hints. I think this is what you want.
>
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