On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 01:08:41AM -0400, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach will trillich (on Sun, 13 May 2001 11:34:21PM -0500): > > May 13 15:37:16 server named[16551]: ns_forw: > > query(mail2.something.com) NS points to CNAME (rain.something.com:) > > learnt (CNAME=11.22.33.44:NS=55.66.77.88) > > > > what does that translate to, in newbiespeak? > > my first guess: your NS records point to a CNAME record rather than an > A record. this is BAD!
More accurately, it means that something.com's NS records are misconfigured and your local nameserver discovered this while looking up a something.com address. You can get these messages for other people's domains as well as your own. As MaD dUCK said, NS records are required to point to A records, not CNAMEs. You might want to drop a (polite) email message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] informing them that their NS record is incorrect and requesting that it be fixed. -- That's not gibberish... It's Linux. - Byers, The Lone Gunmen Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+