Cannot resolve a specific domain

[Howard Wilkinson]

David E. Meier wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I got a complaint from a client of mine not being able to mail to a
> certain domain (apexshipping.com.tw). Otherwise I am not aware of any
> resolving problems of my DNS.
>
> First thing, I downloaded the current named.root file and restarted named.
> Then I ran:
>
> $ dig apexshipping.com.tw +trace
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4-P1 <<>> apexshipping.com.tw +trace
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> :
> ;; Received 488 bytes from 193.17.199.10#53(193.17.199.10) in 5 ms
> :
> ;; Received 423 bytes from 192.203.230.10#53(E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET) in 161 ms
> :
> ;; Received 356 bytes from 61.220.48.1#53(C.DNS.tw) in 291 ms
>
> apexshipping.com.tw.    86400   IN      NS      dns.apexshipping.com.tw.
> apexshipping.com.tw.    86400   IN      NS      dns1.apexshipping.com.tw.
> ;; Received 106 bytes from 220.229.225.196#53(f.twnic.net.tw) in 318 ms
>
> dig: couldn't get address for 'dns.apexshipping.com.tw': not found
>
> My DNS runs on FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE and the current version of bind is:
> $ named -v
>   
>> BIND 9.3.4-P1
>>     
>
> The server is used exclusively as DNS. I know the domain exists and is
> resolvable through other DNS. I wonder if I could track down the problem
> in any other way. Or would upgrading bind solve the problem?
>
> Thanks for input. David.
>
>
>   
Looks like the domain is badly configured! dns.apexshipping.com.tw does 
not respond for the domain but dns1.apexshipping.com.tw does. You should 
contact their Hostmaster!
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