Question about dns test

list Michael Lowery
Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:41:41 -0500
Message-Id: <user-20a7c32e606b@xymon.invalid>

I've read the manpage, but I don't understand this test.  I thought I
could use this to test if an A record exists for a certain host.

For example: 
Host=mail.domain.com

in the bb-hosts:
1.2.3.4  mail.domain.com # dns=A:mail.domain.com

The test seems to be querying mail.domain.com com for the record, not
querying the nameservers for the hobbit machine set in resolv.conf.  Am
I just wrong about what this test does?

Thanks, 
Michael