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[root at anoka named]# dig www.ipswitch.com 209.173.210.166

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> www.ipswitch.com 209.173.210.166
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 15208
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 1

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

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.ipswitch.com.       1918    IN      A       156.21.1.169
www.ipswitch.com.       1918    IN      A       156.21.1.171

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ipswitch.com.           84718   IN      NS      hub.ipswitch.com.
ipswitch.com.           84718   IN      NS      ns1.ipswitch.com.
ipswitch.com.           84718   IN      NS      alpha.ipswitch.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.ipswitch.com.       84718   IN      A       156.21.1.2

;; Query time: 3 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Mon Feb 17 17:23:45 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 138

;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 42080
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;209.173.210.166.               IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.                       8384    IN      SOA     A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
NSTLD.VERISIGN-G
RS.COM. 2003021701 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Mon Feb 17 17:23:45 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 108

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Here's what I get from dig if I use "localhost" as the server argument:
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; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> www.ipswitch.com localhost
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 16990
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 1

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

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.ipswitch.com.       1847    IN      A       156.21.1.171
www.ipswitch.com.       1847    IN      A       156.21.1.169

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ipswitch.com.           84647   IN      NS      hub.ipswitch.com.
ipswitch.com.           84647   IN      NS      ns1.ipswitch.com.
ipswitch.com.           84647   IN      NS      alpha.ipswitch.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.ipswitch.com.       84647   IN      A       156.21.1.2

;; Query time: 3 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Mon Feb 17 17:24:56 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 138

;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41458
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;localhost.                     IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
localhost.              86400   IN      A       127.0.0.1

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
localhost.              86400   IN      NS      localhost.

;; Query time: 2 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Mon Feb 17 17:24:56 2003
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 57
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Finally, here are three calls to host:
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[root at anoka named]# host www.ipswitch.com
www.ipswitch.com. has address 156.21.1.169
www.ipswitch.com. has address 156.21.1.171
[root at anoka named]# host www.ipswitch.com 209.173.210.166
Using domain server:
Name: 209.173.210.166
Address: 209.173.210.166#53
Aliases:

www.ipswitch.com. has address 209.173.210.166
www.ipswitch.com. has address 209.173.210.166
[root at anoka named]# host www.ipswitch.com localhost
Using domain server:
Name: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1#53
Aliases:

www.ipswitch.com. has address 156.21.1.169
www.ipswitch.com. has address 156.21.1.171
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Hope all this helps :-)
j.
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"Kevin Darcy" <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote in message
news:b2rqce$1bnc$1 at isrv4.isc.org...
> Well, barnlea.com looks somewhat reasonable, except that a couple of the
> MX targets aren't dot-terminated. Also, you shouldn't use a wildcard MX
> unless you *fully* understand what it does to your MTA's routing and
> addressing logic. Wildcard MX'es can have surprising side effects.
>
> What does a bad "dig" response look like?
>
>
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