Domain not found

[Bob Lockie]

Martin Skjoldebrand wrote:

>Hi,
>
>We are experiencing something weird in our DNS server(-s).
>
>Users are reporting that they can't mail to some domains,
>among them hotmail.com. However doing:
>
>dig @212.209.75.120 mx hotmail.com
>
>brings up a long list of mail server. And I can do
>
>uname -a | mail -v -sTest user at hotmail.com 
>
>from the DNS server and get through to the mx server on
>hotmail.
>
>FUBAR at hotmail.com... Connecting to mx1.hotmail.com. via
>esmtp...
>220 mc9-f7.bay6.hotmail.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service,
>Version:
>5.0.2195.5600 ready at  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 04:21:42 -0800 
>  
>
>>>>EHLO stigfinnaren.forumsyd.se
>>>>        
>>>>
>250-mc9-f7.bay6.hotmail.com (02.00.05.0005) Hello
>[195.242.49.154]
>250-SIZE 3565158
>250-PIPELINING
>250-8bitmime
>250-BINARYMIME
>250-CHUNKING
>250-VRFY
>250-AUTH LOGIN
>250-AUTH=LOGIN
>250-X-HMAUTH
>250 OK
>  
>
>>>>MAIL From:<root at stigfinnaren.forumsyd.se> SIZE=131
>>>>        
>>>>
>250 root at stigfinnaren.forumsyd.se....Sender OK
>
>
>etc
>
>
>However, when sending mail from our mail server using our
>DNS server mail to trouble domains (incl hotmail.com)
>bounce with the following error (First Class server):
>
>
>Sorry. Your message could not be delivered to:
>
>hotmail.com
>	(domain name not found)
>
>
>After 30 min. on support with UUnet the problem seems to be
>on our end. But I can't seems to understand where.
>Any suggestions?
>
>/M.
>
>mvh/ Regards,
>
>Martin S.
>CTO, Forum Syd
>  
>
Connecting to mx1.hotmail.com
Can your DNS see an mx1?



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