server failed

Michael Milligan milli at acmebw.com
Fri Jun 4 10:55:58 UTC 1999


Michael Voight <mvoight at cisco.com> wrote in message
375589D4.1F6C29A1 at cisco.com...
>Server failed generally happens if the query is directed to a server
>that is supposed to be authoritative for the domain, but isn't.

Just to clarify...  it will happen when a server tries *all* supposedly
authoritative servers and comes up empty handed.

>
>So, it is possible the outside machine's nameserver show multiple NS
>records for your domain and all of the servers listed in the NS records
>are not servers for the domain in question.
>

If yes, then the delegation information with your parent domain (com maybe?)
likely needs to be updated.

Regards,
Mike

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Michael Milligan - Acme Byte & Wire LLC - milli at acmebw.com





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