bind 8.2.3 and sendmail

[Larry Sheldon]

> After upgrading to bind 8.2.3, we are experiencing difficulties sending
> email to certain domains. nslookup is able to resolve the domain but the
> mail does not get delivered. Following is what shows up in the mail
> queue with a lookup deffered message. Does anyone have any ideas on what
> might be the problem? Is anyone else experiencing the same sort of
> problem? The sendmail server is also the primary dns server for the
> domain.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ali
> 
> PAA10672     5059 Thu Feb  1 15:56 <kevinw at sydmail.babcockbrown.com>
>                  (host map: lookup (allco.com.au): deferred)
>                                    <ld at allco.com.au>
> 
> 
> alcatraz# nslookup allco.com.au
> Server:  localhost
> Address:  127.0.0.1
> 
> Name:    allco.com.au
> Address:  203.31.184.236
> alcatraz#

When I do it the way I think sendmail will do it, I get a different
answer:

$ nslookup
Default Server:  bluejay.creighton.edu
Address:  147.134.2.20

> set type=mx
> allco.com.au
Server:  bluejay.creighton.edu
Address:  147.134.2.20

allco.com.au    preference = 10, mail exchanger = mailx2.inetaus.com.au
allco.com.au    preference = 50, mail exchanger = yarrina.connect.com.au
allco.com.au    preference = 20, mail exchanger = mailx.inetaus.com.au
allco.com.au    nameserver = ns2.inetaus.com.au
allco.com.au    nameserver = ns1.inetaus.com.au
yarrina.connect.com.au  internet address = 192.189.54.17
ns2.inetaus.com.au      internet address = 203.31.184.61
ns1.inetaus.com.au      internet address = 203.31.184.237
> mailx2.inetaus.com.au
Server:  bluejay.creighton.edu
Address:  147.134.2.20

*** bluejay.creighton.edu can't find mailx2.inetaus.com.au: Non-existent host/do
main
> yarrina.connect.com.au
Server:  bluejay.creighton.edu
Address:  147.134.2.20

yarrina.connect.com.au  preference = 10, mail exchanger = yarrina.connect.com.au
yarrina.connect.com.au  preference = 100, mail exchanger = warrane.connect.com.a
u
connect.com.au  nameserver = yarrina.connect.com.au
connect.com.au  nameserver = warrane.connect.com.au
connect.com.au  nameserver = munnari.oz.au
connect.com.au  nameserver = muwaya.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
yarrina.connect.com.au  internet address = 192.189.54.17
warrane.connect.com.au  internet address = 192.189.54.33
munnari.oz.au   internet address = 128.250.22.2
munnari.oz.au   internet address = 128.250.1.21
muwaya.ucs.unimelb.edu.au       internet address = 128.250.20.2
> mailx.inetaus.com.au
Server:  bluejay.creighton.edu
Address:  147.134.2.20

*** bluejay.creighton.edu can't find mailx.inetaus.com.au: Non-existent host/dom
ain

I didn't chase the rest of the chain down--uou can do that, but it looks like
something is broken in Australia.

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