frustrating lookup problem

[Chris Sherman]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Chris Sherman <csherman at allegheny.edu>
Date: September 22, 2004 2:05:35 PM EDT
To: bind-users at isc.org
Subject: frustrating lookup problem

Hi folks,

I'm having trouble looking up a few sites(a provider) from my master 
server, but not from my slave, so of course, people using the master 
cannot browse and send mail to some sites hosted by vianetworks.net(in 
WHOIS).  Setting the query type to any on the master - the info shows 
up fine, but still no A records(session below).

I'm having trouble with the following:

creativeimprintsystems.com 66.155.17.134
tower23.com     66.155.55.3
sipco.com     66.155.40.24

master is running 8.1.2 on tru64 v5.0(I'm trying to get this fixed 
before I upgrade bind)

in my master's cache:
tower23 155405  IN      NS      ns1.imconline.net.      ;Cr=addtnl


#nslookup
Default Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

 > server pellns
Default Server:  pellns.allegheny.edu
Address:  141.195.5.200

 > tower23.com
Server:  pellns.allegheny.edu
Address:  141.195.5.200

*** pellns.allegheny.edu can't find tower23.com: Non-existent 
host/domain
 > set type=any
 > tower23.com
Server:  pellns.allegheny.edu
Address:  141.195.5.200

Non-authoritative answer:
tower23.com     nameserver = ns1.imconline.net
tower23.com     nameserver = ns2.imconline.net

Authoritative answers can be found from:
tower23.com     nameserver = ns1.imconline.net
tower23.com     nameserver = ns2.imconline.net
ns1.imconline.net       internet address = 66.155.0.139
ns2.imconline.net       internet address = 66.155.0.27
 > set type=a
 > server amos
Default Server:  amos.allegheny.edu
Address:  141.195.5.10

 > tower23.com
Server:  amos.allegheny.edu
Address:  141.195.5.10

Name:    tower23.com
Address:  66.155.55.3


Alternatively, since this has been going on a while, is their any way 
to force the A records into DNS using a resource record or in a config 
file?

Any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Chris Sherman
Systems Manager