server failed in nslookup

[Kevin Darcy]

I can't reproduce this problem. craving.hungryforwords.com seems perfectly
able to resolve smtp.hungryforwords.com now. Maybe this was a transient
problem associated with the registrar switchover.


- Kevin

testrose wrote:

> Hi ,
>
>     I 've set up dns servers here in our company, currently  our dns is
> hosted by register.com, and I just changed  the DNS record thru
> register.com site pointing to the name of primary and seconday name
> servers. I know that the effect would be after 24 hours.
>
>     Now, I just tested it , using nslookup in winnt 4 , then tried the
> following :
>
> nslookup -- comman prompt
>
> > server craving.hungryforwords.com
>
> output : Defaul Server: craving.hungryforwords.com
>              Address: 210.177.153.241
>
> > smtp.hungryforwords.com
> Output :
>
> Server: craving.hungryforwords.com
> Address: 210.177.153.241
>
> *** craving.hungryforwords.com can't find smtp.hungryforwords.com:
> Server failed
>
> >
>
>     what could be wron? I'm just new to DNS and  BIND.
>
> please help...
>
> thanks,
>
> testrose