If the name can't be resolved locally, then the request is forwarded to another server instead of the local server performing the lookup itself. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Beckett [mailto:Bill.Beckett@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 3:27 PM To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [windows2000] DNS Can someone definitively answer this question... If using forwarders on your W2K DNS server, does the forward lookup occur first or after the DNS server fails to resolve the name? This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.