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could not resolve some host names - other servers can.

I tried to change udp_ttl from 30 to 128, even 255 - no success.
I can't figure what could be wrong here.

An example:

----- From NIC France

> dig @ns2.nic.fr www.endnote.com

; <<>> DiG 9.1.0 <<>> @ns2.nic.fr www.endnote.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49597
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 12, ADDITIONAL: 12

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.endnote.com.               IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
com.                    29537   IN      NS      A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    29537   IN      NS      G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    29537   IN      NS      C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    29537   IN      NS      I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    29537   IN      NS      B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    29537   IN      NS      D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    29537   IN      NS      L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    29537   IN      NS      F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    29537   IN      NS      J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    29537   IN      NS      K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    29537   IN      NS      E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    29537   IN      NS      M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     14716   IN      A       192.5.6.30
G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     19844   IN      A       192.42.93.30
C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     13203   IN      A       192.26.92.30
I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     9070    IN      A       192.36.144.133
B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     18246   IN      A       192.33.14.30
D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     24044   IN      A       192.31.80.30
L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     19284   IN      A       192.41.162.30
F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     18392   IN      A       192.35.51.30
J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     186256  IN      A       210.132.100.101
K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     15729   IN      A       213.177.194.5
E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     21999   IN      A       192.12.94.30
M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     14345   IN      A       202.153.114.101

;; Query time: 83 msec
;; SERVER: 192.93.0.4#53(ns2.nic.fr)
;; WHEN: Fri Jun  1 10:59:31 2001
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 433


------ From an external DNS server

> dig @imag.imag.fr www.endnote.com

; <<>> DiG 9.1.0 <<>> @imag.imag.fr www.endnote.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49597
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.endnote.com.               IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.endnote.com.        900     IN      A       157.22.229.215

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
endnote.com.            900     IN      NS      ns.zocalo.net.
endnote.com.            900     IN      NS      ns2.zocalo.net.
endnote.com.            900     IN      NS      ns3.zocalo.net.
endnote.com.            900     IN      NS      ns4.zocalo.net.
endnote.com.            900     IN      NS      ns5.zocalo.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns2.zocalo.net.         26311   IN      A       131.161.2.1
ns5.zocalo.net.         16297   IN      A       209.249.71.194

;; Query time: 589 msec
;; SERVER: 129.88.30.1#53(imag.imag.fr)
;; WHEN: Fri Jun  1 11:23:13 2001
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 180


----- From my own DNS server

> dig @localhost www.endnote.com

; <<>> DiG 9.1.0 <<>> @localhost www.endnote.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached



Thanks for your help,


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