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[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> I cannot seem to send emails to a person on this server. I dug into the MX
> records and this was the response.
> 
> dig @NS1.BEAVUH.ORG apexcomm.net -t MX
> 
> 
> [bodley at blizzard bodley]$ dig @NS1.BEAVUH.ORG apexcomm.net -t MX
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @NS1.BEAVUH.ORG apexcomm.net -t
> ; (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: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      apexcomm.net, type = MX, class = IN
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> apexcomm.net.           1D IN SOA       ns1.beavuh.org. root.beavuh.org. (
>                                         2000112400      ; serial
>                                         3H              ; refresh
>                                         1H              ; retry
>                                         5w6d16h         ; expiry
>                                         1D )            ; minimum
> 
> 
> ;; Total query time: 90 msec
> ;; FROM: blizzard.cyberset.com to SERVER: NS1.BEAVUH.ORG  216.151.169.148
> ;; WHEN: Tue Feb  6 15:58:32 2001
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 30  rcvd: 85
> 
> Why is it spitting up soa information?

	Because there isn't a MX record.  Go read RFC 2308.

	Mark
> 
> Charles A. Bodley
> Technician
> TF Logic
> 
> "It's amazing what you can do with a kind word,
> provided you've also got a big stick."
> 	- Johnny and the Dead
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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