MX problems!!!

[Shabir ahmed]

Hello There,
I have installed BIND 8.2.2. P5. I have a domain which is working fine, except
the MX record of that domain. If I run nslookup from another DNS server with
query type MX is just won't reply.
Any one has good ideas, i really appreciate.

Shabir

>
>> 
>> Okay, let me see if I have this straight:
>> 
>> 1. nameservers get the "real" NS'es (stargate and yoda in this case)
>> 2. the corresponding A records happen to expire from the cache earlier than
t
>> he
>> NS'es themselves
>> 3. these A records wouldn't be obtainable from the parent servers because
the
>> y,
>> i.e. the parent servers, would have no way of knowing that they, i.e. the

>> A records for the "real" NS'es, were necessary glue records; and the delegati

>> on
>> NS'es (dns1 and dns2) from the parents would never replace the "real" NS'es
a
>> s
>> long as they are cached because the "real" ones are more credible, right?

>> 4. Therefore deadlock occurs (at least until the NS'es expire from the cache

>> and
>> the cycle starts all over again).
>> 
>> Did I get it?
>	
>	Yes.
>> 
>> I wonder if there's an easier-to-comprehend way of explaining this, so that
i
>> t can
>> be promulgated and folks will understand that it's more than just a
>> "hygenic" issue...
>> 
>
>	Not really.  One of these days I'll get around to having the
>	child's nameservers complain if the delegation does not match.
>
>	Patches welcome.
>
>	Mark
>> 
>> - Kevin
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