nameserver for your domain is malfunctioning

[Bob Lockie]

deepdown wrote:

>deepdown wrote:
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>>Bob Lockie wrote:
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>>>I can get mail sometimes and not others.
>>>
>>>"The nameserver for your domain is malfunctioning.
>>>
>>>[linux-dev ph:~] host -t mx lockie.ca
>>>Nameserver not responding
>>>lockie.ca MX record not found, try again
>>>
>>>[linux-dev ph:~] host ns.lockie.ca
>>>ns.lockie.ca            A       24.141.149.99";
>>>
>>>
>>>Here is the zone file for lockie.ca
>>>
>>>@       IN      SOA     ns.lockie.ca.   postmaster.lockie.ca. (
>>>                        2002101802      ; serial
>>>                        ; 28800         ; refresh
>>>                        360             ; refresh
>>>                        14400           ; retry
>>>                        3600000         ; expire
>>>                        86400           ; default_ttl
>>>                        )
>>>
>>>                IN      A       24.141.149.99
>>>                MX      10      mx.lockie.ca.
>>>                NS              ns.lockie.ca.
>>>
>>>localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1
>>>
>>>mx              IN      A       24.141.149.99
>>>ns              IN      A       24.141.149.99
>>>
>>>www             IN      A       24.141.149.99
>>>mail            IN      A       24.141.149.99
>>>sftp            IN      A       24.141.149.99
>>>
>>>
>>>I have no idea what I did wrong.
>>>It works from the inside and most people can send me mail
>>>(and this domain can sometimes).
>>>
>>>It seems to work from the inside.
>>># host -t mx lockie.ca
>>>lockie.ca mail is handled by 10 mx.lockie.ca.
>>>
>>>Can somebody see what I did wrong?
>>>      
>>>
>>According to the root servers for TLD .ca there are 2 name 
>>servers authoritive for lockie.ca:
>>lockie.ca.              86400   IN      NS      ns.synerworks.ca.
>>lockie.ca.              86400   IN      NS
>>d141-149-99.home.cgocable.net.
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>>You only have 1 DNS configured in your zone for lockie.ca.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Henk
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>In addition to that, the primary server ns.lockie.ca does not anwser
>dns queries. So in some cases when some mailserver wants to know the MX
>for your domain, (and it asks ns.lockie.ca) it won't get an anwser and
>mail
>doesn't get delivered.
>
>You must fix your primary DNS.
>
>Regards,
>Henk
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How do you know it doesn't answer queries?
Why does it seem to work internally?

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