Resolving MX records

[Fr34k]

--- Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:

> Dean Clapper wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm having a problem resolving the MX record for one domain name.  I 
> > tested several others and they worked.  This is the only domain name I 
> > found a problem with.  I did a dig on another machine and it works. 
> >   
> > ***********didn't work machine 1*************
> > dig vginc.net MX
> > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.5 <<>> vginc.net MX
> > ;; global options:  printcmd
> > ;; Got answer:
> > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 48644
> > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> >
> > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> > ;vginc.net.                     IN      MX
> >
> > ;; Query time: 252 msec
> > ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
> > ;; WHEN: Wed Sep 13 13:19:30 2006
> > ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 27
> >
> > *********worked machine 2***************
> > dig vginc.net MX
> > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> vginc.net mx
> > ;; global options:  printcmd
> > ;; Got answer:
> > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 34401
> > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 1
> >
> > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> > ;vginc.net.                     IN      MX
> >
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > vginc.net.              14400   IN      MX      0 vginc.net.
> >
> > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> > vginc.net.              14400   IN      NS      ns1.servermatrix.com.
> > vginc.net.              14400   IN      NS      ns2.servermatrix.com.
> >
> > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> > vginc.net.              14400   IN      A       69.93.189.34
> >
> > ;; Query time: 123 msec
> > ;; SERVER: 198.213.6.1#53(198.213.6.1)
> > ;; WHEN: Wed Sep 13 12:50:40 2006
> > ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 111
> >
> >
> > I'm using bind bind-9.2.5-1 on 2.6.11-1.27_FC3 #1 on machine 1.  I've been 
> > having this problem for a couple days.  This came to pass because people 
> > can not send emails to this domain.  I can ping it and do a dig on the 
> > domain, but if I try to do a dig on the domain name's MX I don't get any 
> > answers.  Any ideas?  
> >   
> The apex NS records for vginc.net are stale/incorrect: neither 
> ns1.servermatrix.com nor ns2.servermatrix.com are answering for the 
> vginc.net zone.
> 
> - Kevin
> 

Not even the auth DNS servers the registrar has listed:

   Domain Name: VGINC.NET
   Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.register.com
   Referral URL: http://www.register.com
   Name Server: NS1.AOPHOENIX.COM
   Name Server: NS2.AOPHOENIX.COM
   Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
   Updated Date: 15-aug-2006
   Creation Date: 14-jun-2001
   Expiration Date: 14-jun-2007

Therefore, this may need attention as well.
HTH -- Chris