MX Record Question

Thu Oct 26 01:08:19 UTC 2000

> 
> I have a caching-only DNS server on NT inside my firewall.  At the
> beginning of the week, a user complained that e-mail going to a
> particular domain isn't working correctly.  I'm running sendmail on a
> Unix machine and the mailq shows the e-mails in the queue with a 'DNS
> Lookup failure' message.  If I do an nslookup on this domain
> (sanditz.com) and set type=mx I don't get an answer.  If I set server =
> to another DNS and issue the same nslookup I get the MX record
> information back.  I went to rs.internic.net and got a new named.cache
> file hoping this would help.  I did a whois query on this domain and the
> database information was changed on 10/24.  Does this mean that the
> admin of the domain made a change and this a propagation problem (or
> delay)? Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
> 
> Nick
> 
> 

	The nameservers for sanditz.com are inconsistant.  Depending
	upon which one you hit first subsequent lookup can fail.

	Mark

Whois Server Version 1.3

Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

   Domain Name: SANDITZ.COM
   Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
   Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com
   Name Server: NS.JUMPLINE2000.NET
   Name Server: NS2.JUMPLINE2000.NET
   Updated Date: 22-mar-2000

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Registrant:
Sanditz Travel (SANDITZ-DOM)
   98 Washington Street
   Middleton, CT 06457
   US

   Domain Name: SANDITZ.COM

   Administrative Contact, Billing Contact:
      Berry, Joe  (JB14612)  jxberry at SANDITZ.COM
      Sanditz Travel
      98 Washington Street
      Middleton,, CT 06457
      860-346-5511 (FAX) 860-346-2672
   Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Domain Reg  (AD2265-ORG)  domainreg at JUMPLINE2000.NET
      Jumpline2000
      1679 Gateway Circle
      Grove City, OH 43123
      US
      614-871-8436
      Fax- 614-871-8674

   Record last updated on 23-May-2000.
   Record expires on 21-Mar-2001.
   Record created on 20-Mar-1997.
   Database last updated on 24-Oct-2000 16:49:02 EDT.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   NS.JUMPLINE2000.NET		209.239.34.50
   NS2.JUMPLINE2000.NET		209.239.47.24

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> ns sanditz.com. @a.root-servers.net @NS.JUMPLINE2000.NET. 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	sanditz.com, type = NS, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
sanditz.com.		12H IN NS	NS.sanditz.com.
sanditz.com.		12H IN NS	NS2.sanditz.com.

;; Total query time: 433 msec
;; FROM: drugs.dv.isc.org to SERVER: NS.JUMPLINE2000.NET.  209.239.34.50
;; WHEN: Thu Oct 26 12:04:20 2000
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 29  rcvd: 64

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> ns sanditz.com @NS2.JUMPLINE2000.NET 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 3
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	sanditz.com, type = NS, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
sanditz.com.		12H IN NS	ns2.jumpline2000.net.
sanditz.com.		12H IN NS	ns3.jumpline2000.net.
sanditz.com.		12H IN NS	ns.jumpline2000.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns2.jumpline2000.net.	12H IN A	209.239.47.24
ns3.jumpline2000.net.	12H IN A	216.147.19.191
ns.jumpline2000.net.	12H IN A	209.239.34.50

;; Total query time: 449 msec
;; FROM: drugs.dv.isc.org to SERVER: NS2.JUMPLINE2000.NET  209.239.47.24
;; WHEN: Thu Oct 26 12:05:22 2000
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 29  rcvd: 146

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PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at nominum.com