Really wierd glitch in resolution

[James Raftery]

On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 12:00:58PM -0500, Duncan Hill wrote:
> However, when I send a message to the list, I get back an error
> that the user @hoc.mass.edu cannot be delivered to, because
> hoc.mass.edu does not exist.  I have used dig several times on
> hoc.mass.edu, and only get back the SOA for mass.edu.

That's correct. It doesn't exist. The responses have an NXDOMAIN status
code. That means no records of any kind exist for the name you queried.

; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @MEZZO.MECN.mass.edu hoc.mass.edu any 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;	hoc.mass.edu, type = ANY, class = IN

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
mass.edu.		1H IN SOA	mezzo.mecn.mass.edu. adphlee.umassp.edu. (
					2001021501	; serial
					2H		; refresh
					1H		; retry
					5w6d16h		; expiry
					1H )		; minimum


;; Total query time: 116 msec
;; FROM: romana.domainregistry.ie to SERVER: MEZZO.MECN.mass.edu  134.241.1.3
;; WHEN: Thu Feb 22 18:17:15 2001
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 30  rcvd: 100


james
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