nameserver for your domain is malfunctioning
Bob Lockie
bjlockie at lockie.ca
Tue Dec 3 21:05:01 UTC 2002
deepdown wrote:
>deepdown wrote:
>
>
>
>>Bob Lockie wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I can get mail sometimes and not others.
>>>
>>>"The nameserver for your domain is malfunctioning.
>>>
>>>[linux-dev ph:~] host -t mx lockie.ca
>>>Nameserver not responding
>>>lockie.ca MX record not found, try again
>>>
>>>[linux-dev ph:~] host ns.lockie.ca
>>>ns.lockie.ca A 24.141.149.99";
>>>
>>>
>>>Here is the zone file for lockie.ca
>>>
>>>@ IN SOA ns.lockie.ca. postmaster.lockie.ca. (
>>> 2002101802 ; serial
>>> ; 28800 ; refresh
>>> 360 ; refresh
>>> 14400 ; retry
>>> 3600000 ; expire
>>> 86400 ; default_ttl
>>> )
>>>
>>> IN A 24.141.149.99
>>> MX 10 mx.lockie.ca.
>>> NS ns.lockie.ca.
>>>
>>>localhost IN A 127.0.0.1
>>>
>>>mx IN A 24.141.149.99
>>>ns IN A 24.141.149.99
>>>
>>>www IN A 24.141.149.99
>>>mail IN A 24.141.149.99
>>>sftp IN A 24.141.149.99
>>>
>>>
>>>I have no idea what I did wrong.
>>>It works from the inside and most people can send me mail
>>>(and this domain can sometimes).
>>>
>>>It seems to work from the inside.
>>># host -t mx lockie.ca
>>>lockie.ca mail is handled by 10 mx.lockie.ca.
>>>
>>>Can somebody see what I did wrong?
>>>
>>>
>>According to the root servers for TLD .ca there are 2 name
>>servers authoritive for lockie.ca:
>>lockie.ca. 86400 IN NS ns.synerworks.ca.
>>lockie.ca. 86400 IN NS
>>d141-149-99.home.cgocable.net.
>>
>>You only have 1 DNS configured in your zone for lockie.ca.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Henk
>>
>>
>
>In addition to that, the primary server ns.lockie.ca does not anwser
>dns queries. So in some cases when some mailserver wants to know the MX
>for your domain, (and it asks ns.lockie.ca) it won't get an anwser and
>mail
>doesn't get delivered.
>
>You must fix your primary DNS.
>
>Regards,
>Henk
>
>
How do you know it doesn't answer queries?
Why does it seem to work internally?
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