you dig?

[Pete Ehlke]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 10:04:39AM -0800, WebReactor Networks wrote:
> 
> Works for me...
> 
> $ dig hotmail.com
> 
<snip dig results>

> ;; WHEN: Sat Feb 23 10:03:30 2002
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 29  rcvd: 261
> 
That's not the appropriate query; you should be asking for MX records.
The MX response for hotmail.com returns 507 bytes to me, perhaps the
original poster's situation involves a slightly larger response and a
firewall that's improperly blocking 53/tcp.

-Pete