I can see different packages on my firewall:

192.168.70.250 is my mailcow dockerized host host
192.168.89.10 is my internal DNS server

tcpdump -ni igc0.10 port 53 and src or dst 192.168.70.250
======= no answer from the external servers ==============
14:02:29.907240 IP 192.168.70.250.48835 > 192.203.230.10.53: 63600% [1au] NS? . (28)
14:02:30.660538 IP 192.168.70.250.62572 > 192.203.230.10.53: 31860% [1au] NS? . (28)
14:02:34.426525 IP 192.168.70.250.22435 > 198.97.190.53.53: 61323% [1au] NS? . (28)
14:02:35.179706 IP 192.168.70.250.44438 > 198.97.190.53.53: 33745% [1au] NS? . (28)
14:02:36.687445 IP 192.168.70.250.28075 > 170.247.170.2.53: 65094% [1au] NS? . (28)
14:02:37.440559 IP 192.168.70.250.65089 > 170.247.170.2.53: 52982% [1au] NS? . (28)
14:02:42.714327 IP 192.168.70.250.43985 > 192.5.5.241.53: 25941% [1au] NS? . (28)
14:02:43.467583 IP 192.168.70.250.21064 > 192.5.5.241.53: 8375% [1au] NS? . (28)
14:02:50.246415 IP 192.168.70.250.60779 > 192.5.5.241.53: 17457% [1au] NS? . (28)
14:02:51.751340 IP 192.168.70.250.28204 > 192.5.5.241.53: 2973% [1au] NS? . (28)
14:02:53.257525 IP 192.168.70.250.61425 > 199.7.83.42.53: 26413% [1au] NS? . (28)
====== the internal server answers ==========
14:02:53.848946 IP 192.168.70.250.58687 > 192.168.89.10.53: 7394+ [1au] AAAA? bazaar.abuse.ch. (44)
14:02:53.849390 IP 192.168.70.250.35524 > 192.168.89.10.53: 26113+ [1au] A? bazaar.abuse.ch. (44)
14:02:53.879490 IP 192.168.89.10.53 > 192.168.70.250.58687: 7394 1/1/1 CNAME p2.shared.global.fastly.net. (156)
14:02:53.880268 IP 192.168.89.10.53 > 192.168.70.250.35524: 26113 2/0/1 CNAME p2.shared.global.fastly.net., A 146.75.118.49 (101)

when I send a request to the external servers I can see an answer:
dig www.heise.de @192.33.4.12

tcpdump:
14:07:44.182651 IP 192.168.70.250.52271 > 192.33.4.12.53: 41983+ [1au] A? www.heise.de. (53)
14:07:44.275878 IP 192.33.4.12.53 > 192.168.70.250.52271: 41983- 0/6/13 (443)

nope:

docker-compose logs unbound-mailcow
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Setting console permissions…
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Receiving anchor key…
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Receiving root hints…
######################################################################## 100.0%
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | setup in directory /etc/unbound
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Certificate request self-signature ok
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | subject=CN = unbound-control
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | removing artifacts
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Setup success. Certificates created. Enable in unbound.conf file to use
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 0: validator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 1: iterator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.17.1).

nope:

docker-compose logs unbound-mailcow
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Setting console permissions…
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Receiving anchor key…
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Receiving root hints…
######################################################################## 100.0%
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | setup in directory /etc/unbound
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Certificate request self-signature ok
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | subject=CN = unbound-control
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | removing artifacts
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Setup success. Certificates created. Enable in unbound.conf file to use
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 0: validator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 1: iterator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.17.1).

nope:

docker-compose logs unbound-mailcow
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Setting console permissions…
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Receiving anchor key…
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Receiving root hints…
######################################################################## 100.0%
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | setup in directory /etc/unbound
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Certificate request self-signature ok
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | subject=CN = unbound-control
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | removing artifacts
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Setup success. Certificates created. Enable in unbound.conf file to use
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 0: validator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 1: iterator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.17.1).

nope:

docker-compose logs unbound-mailcow
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Setting console permissions…
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Receiving anchor key…
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Receiving root hints…
######################################################################## 100.0%
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | setup in directory /etc/unbound
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Certificate request self-signature ok
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | subject=CN = unbound-control
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | removing artifacts
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Setup success. Certificates created. Enable in unbound.conf file to use
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 0: validator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 1: iterator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.17.1).

nope:

docker-compose logs unbound-mailcow
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Setting console permissions…
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Receiving anchor key…
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Receiving root hints…
######################################################################## 100.0%
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | setup in directory /etc/unbound
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Certificate request self-signature ok
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | subject=CN = unbound-control
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | removing artifacts
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Setup success. Certificates created. Enable in unbound.conf file to use
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 0: validator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 1: iterator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.17.1).

Nothing I identify as error:

docker-compose logs unbound-mailcow

mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Setting console permissions…
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Receiving anchor key…
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Receiving root hints…
######################################################################## 100.0%
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | setup in directory /etc/unbound
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Certificate request self-signature ok
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | subject=CN = unbound-control
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | removing artifacts
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | Setup success. Certificates created. Enable in unbound.conf file to use
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 0: validator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 1: iterator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1 | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.17.1).

Nothing I identify as error:

docker-compose logs unbound-mailcow

mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | Setting console permissions...
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | Receiving anchor key...
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | Receiving root hints...
######################################################################## 100.0%                                       
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | setup in directory /etc/unbound
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | Certificate request self-signature ok
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | subject=CN = unbound-control
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | removing artifacts
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | Setup success. Certificates created. Enable in unbound.conf file to use
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 0: validator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] notice: init module 1: iterator
mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708524103] unbound[1:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.17.1).

[unknown]
uuups —- sorry for the multiple inserts

DocFraggle
Sorry for the multiple copies in the reply.
I did not find any problem in the log.

So this works from inside the unbound container as well?

dig www.heise.de @192.33.4.12

    DocFraggle
    yes: all the “dig” commands were placed inside the unbound container

    [unknown]

    DocFraggle
    [root@mail2 unbound]# docker-compose exec unbound-mailcow /bin/bash
    36cf36db0b8d:/# dig www.heise.de @192.33.4.12

    ; <<>> DiG 9.18.19 <<>> www.heise.de @192.33.4.12
    ;; global options: +cmd
    ;; Got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28145
    ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 6, ADDITIONAL: 13
    ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

    ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
    ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
    ; COOKIE: c916abea5dbf9f2f0100000065d61565d0a661decbfb471f (good)
    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;www.heise.de. IN A

    ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
    de. 172800 IN NS f.nic.de.
    de. 172800 IN NS a.nic.de.
    de. 172800 IN NS z.nic.de.
    de. 172800 IN NS s.de.net.
    de. 172800 IN NS l.de.net.
    de. 172800 IN NS n.de.net.

    ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
    z.nic.de. 172800 IN A 194.246.96.1

    Ok. Is there at least an unound process?

    docker compose exec unbound-mailcow /bin/bash 
    bb8d9882a129:/# ps axl
    PID   USER     TIME  COMMAND
        1 unbound  10:57 /usr/sbin/unbound
    497294 root      0:00 /bin/bash
    497338 root      0:00 ps axl

      DocFraggle

      Yes:

      36cf36db0b8d:/# ps axl
      PID USER TIME COMMAND
      1 unbound 0:02 /usr/sbin/unbound
      9473 root 0:00 /bin/bash
      9485 root 0:00 ps axl

      What’s the output of netstat inside unbound?

      bb8d9882a129:/# netstat -tulpen
      Active Internet connections (only servers)
      Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name    
      tcp        0      0 127.0.0.11:37507        0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      -
      tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:53              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      -
      tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:8953          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      -
      tcp        0      0 :::53                   :::*                    LISTEN      -
      udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:53              0.0.0.0:*                           -
      udp        0      0 127.0.0.11:39602        0.0.0.0:*                           -
      udp        0      0 :::53                   :::*                                -

      DocFraggle
      As far as I understand:
      The unbound DNS service should be running @127.0.0.1
      The docker dns proxy on 127.0.0.11

      I turned on debugging in data/conf/unbound/unbound.conf
      server:
      verbosity: 5

      Then
      nslookup www.heise.de 127.0.0.1

      I can not find any error in the logfile:

      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544686] unbound[1:0] debug: udp request from ip4 127.0.0.1 port 56735 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544686] unbound[1:0] debug: cache memory msg=66072 rrset=66072 infra=15530 val=66352
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: timeout udp
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: svcd callbacks start
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: worker svcd callback for qstate 0x7f748a7494f0
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: mesh_run: start
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: iterator[module 1] operate: extstate:module_wait_reply event:module_event_noreply
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: iterator operate: query . NS IN
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: process_response: new external response event
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: iter_handle processing q with state QUERY RESPONSE STATE
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: query response was timeout
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: iter_handle processing q with state QUERY TARGETS STATE
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: processQueryTargets: . NS IN
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: processQueryTargets: targetqueries 0, currentqueries 0 sentcount 15
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: DelegationPoint<.>: 13 names (0 missing), 26 addrs (26 result, 0 avail) parentNS
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. * A AAAA
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. * A AAAA
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. * A AAAA
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. * A AAAA
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. * A AAAA
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. * A AAAA
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. * A AAAA
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. * A AAAA
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. * A AAAA
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. * A AAAA
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. * A AAAA
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. * A AAAA
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. * A AAAA
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip4 198.41.0.4 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip6 2001:503:ba3e::2:30 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip4 170.247.170.2 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip6 2801:1b8:10::b port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip4 192.33.4.12 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip6 2001:500:2::c port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip4 199.7.91.13 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip6 2001:500:2d::d port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip4 192.203.230.10 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip6 2001:500:a8::e port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip4 192.5.5.241 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip6 2001:500:2f::f port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip4 192.112.36.4 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip6 2001:500:12::d0d port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip4 198.97.190.53 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip6 2001:500:1::53 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip4 192.36.148.17 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip6 2001:7fe::53 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip4 192.58.128.30 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip6 2001:503:c27::2:30 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip4 193.0.14.129 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip6 2001:7fd::1 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip4 199.7.83.42 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip6 2001:500:9f::42 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip4 202.12.27.33 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    ip6 2001:dc3::35 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: rpz: iterator module callback: have_rpz=0
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip4 170.247.170.2 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=12032
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip6 2801:1b8:10::b port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=12032
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip4 199.7.91.13 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=120000
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip4 192.203.230.10 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=12032
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip4 192.112.36.4 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=12032
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip6 2001:500:12::d0d port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=12032
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip4 198.97.190.53 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=12032
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip6 2001:7fe::53 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=12032
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip4 199.7.83.42 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=12032
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip4 202.12.27.33 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=12032
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip6 2001:500:2d::d port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip6 2001:500:2f::f port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip6 2001:500:a8::e port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip6 2001:503:c27::2:30 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip6 2001:500:2::c port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip4 192.33.4.12 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip6 2001:dc3::35 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip4 192.58.128.30 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip4 198.41.0.4 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip6 2001:7fd::1 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip4 192.5.5.241 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip6 2001:500:9f::42 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip6 2001:500:1::53 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip4 193.0.14.129 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip4 192.36.148.17 port 53 (len 16)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: servselect ip6 2001:503:ba3e::2:30 port 53 (len 28)
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug:    rtt=24064
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: selrtt 12032
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: sending query: . NS IN
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: sending to target: <.> 202.12.27.33#53
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: dnssec status: expected
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: mesh_run: iterator module exit state is module_wait_reply
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: mesh_run: end 5 recursion states (4 with reply, 0 detached), 24 waiting replies, 57 recursion replies sent, 0 replies dropped, 0 states jostled out
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: average recursion processing time 80.502487 sec
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: [25%]=26.25 median[50%]=56.7273 [75%]=134.4
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:    0.262144    0.524288 1
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:    2.000000    4.000000 1
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:    4.000000    8.000000 2
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   16.000000   32.000000 16
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   32.000000   64.000000 11
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:   64.000000  128.000000 11
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info:  128.000000  256.000000 15
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: 0pvCD mod1  . NS IN
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: 1RDdc mod1 rep www.heise.de. A IN
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: 2RDdc mod1 rep www.spamassassin.heinlein-support.de. A IN
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: 3RDdc mod1 rep mailcow.email. A IN
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] info: 4RDdc mod1 rep www.spamassassin.heinlein-support.de. AAAA IN
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: cache memory msg=66072 rrset=66072 infra=15530 val=66352
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: svcd callbacks end
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: serviced_delete
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: close of port 57939
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: comm_point_close of 14: event_del
      mailcowdockerized-unbound-mailcow-1  | [1708544687] unbound[1:0] debug: close fd 14

      [unknown]

      7da264423398:/# netstat -tulpn
      Active Internet connections (only servers)
      Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name    
      tcp        0      0 127.0.0.11:36607        0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      -
      tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:53              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      -
      tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:8953          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      -
      tcp        0      0 :::53                   :::*                    LISTEN      -
      udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:53              0.0.0.0:*                           -
      udp        0      0 127.0.0.11:42495        0.0.0.0:*                           -
      udp        0      0 :::53                   :::*                                -

      And you still get a ‘connection refused’? I’m out of ideas… which OS are you using? Is there any local DNS daemon running, maybe because of an OS update? Maybe shutdown mailcow and check the host ports with netstat

        DocFraggle

        And you still get a ‘connection refused’?
        Yes
        I’m out of ideas…
        same for me
        which OS are you using?
        Fedora39
        Is there any local DNS daemon running, maybe because of an OS update? Maybe shutdown mailcow and check the host ports with netstat
        systemd.resolved is running
        but that should not disturb inside of the container
        stopped it - no change :-(

        Nevertheless: many thanks !!!!

        Any other one with a (good) idea?

          hansiputz

          Hi
          I think I got it fixed (not nice but works for me):

          • migrated from Fedora 29 to Debian 12 ==> no change
          • used an other unbound contaier ==> that helped

          docker-compose.yml :

          version: '2.1'
          services:
          
              unbound-mailcow:
                image: mvance/unbound:latest  
                # image: mailcow/unbound:1.21
          ...
          No one is typing