I'd guess you have 2 (or more) DNS servers configured separately (rather than a master-slave arrangement) and one DNS server has a corrupt data file or something else wrong.
Serge Knystautas Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites http://www.lokitech.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shan Lin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "James Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 12:08 PM Subject: Re: need help on problems with inbound email > Thanks for your advice. I checked it last night > using nslookup. Sometimes it gives me > the wrong answer "mail exchanger = e2shan", but > sometimes it gives me correct one like "mail > exchange = e2shan.datatranswave.com". > When nslookup gives me correct answer, the inbound > mail is successful. > > Do you know why nslookup gives me such a volatile > result? I must have done something wrong, but > I don't know where goes wrong. > > Shan > > --- Anthony Brock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 09:53 AM 11/29/2001 -0800, you wrote: > > >C:\> nslookup > > > >> set type=MX > > > >> set domain=datatranswave.com > > > >> datatranswave.com > > >Server: dns01.cavtel.net > > >Address: 64.83.0.10 > > > > > >Non-authoritative answer: > > >datatranswave.com MX preference = 10, mail > > >exchanger = e2shan > > > > > >datatranswave.com nameserver = > > >E2SHAN.datatranswave.com > > >datatranswave.com nameserver = > > DNS01.CAVTEL.NET > > >datatranswave.com nameserver = > > DNS02.CAVTEL.NET > > >DNS01.CAVTEL.NET internet address = > > 64.83.0.10 > > >DNS02.CAVTEL.NET internet address = > > 64.83.1.10 > > >--------------------------- > > > > > >Do you see any problems with it? > > >I shutdown the domain 'datatranswave.com' now. If > > >you need further information, please let me know. > > > > nslookup should return the FQDN (Fully Qualified > > Domain Name), NOT just a > > host name. For an example, do a query for MX entries > > on georgefox.edu > > > > Our entries have been working properly for over 5 > > years. > > > > Tony > > > > > **************************************************************************** ** > > * Anthony Brock > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > > * Director of Network Services > > George Fox University * > > > **************************************************************************** ** > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
