Greg Ward <gward@???> writes:
[...]
> Here's how Exim explains this DNS problem:
>
> $ exim -bt spammer@???
> spammer@??? cannot be resolved at this time:
> host lookup did not complete
>
> and DJBDNS:
>
> $ dnsmx gigigaga.net
> [...~20 sec wait...]
> dnsmx: fatal: unable to find MX records for gigigaga.net: temporary failure
>
> and the "host" program from BIND (bind-utils-9.2.1 on a Red Hat Linux
> 6.2 box):
>
> $ host -t mx gigigaga.net
> Host gigigaga.net not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
>
> Presumably one of those makes sense to someone who understands DNS. ;-)
Maybe this is what you needed to see:
$ host -t ns gigigaga.net.
gigigaga.net NS LAME20158.LAME-DELEGATION.ORG
gigigaga.net NS LAME20159.LAME-DELEGATION.ORG
It's a (deliberately) lame delegation, i.e. the official nameservers
don't actually know about the domain.
Chris Thompson
Email: cet1@???
