On Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 12:40:38AM -0600, Anthony Mutiso wrote:
> This question has come up before on this list but I have not been able
> to find a clear answer in the archives.
>
> I tried to mail a friend at domain that only had an MX record.
>
> i.e.
>
> #nslookup -query=A site1.com
> Server: localhost
> Address: 127.0.0.1
>
> *** localhost can't find site1.com: Non-existent host/domain
>
> # nslookup -query=mx site1.com
> Server: localhost
> Address: 127.0.0.1
>
> Non-authoritative answer:
> site1.com preference = 15, mail exchanger = mailin1.site2.com
> site1.com preference = 15, mail exchanger = mailin2.site2.com
bash$ dig site1.com
; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> site1.com
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 1, Auth: 3, Addit: 3
;; QUESTIONS:
;; site1.com, type = A, class = IN
;; ANSWERS:
site1.com. 3600 A 209.31.75.157
;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
site1.com. 3600 NS orange.pangaealink.com.
site1.com. 3600 NS silver.pangaealink.com.
site1.com. 3600 NS black.pangaealink.com.
;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
orange.pangaealink.com. 3600 A 209.31.75.3
silver.pangaealink.com. 3600 A 209.31.75.4
black.pangaealink.com. 3600 A 209.31.75.10
Let me guess: site1.com isn't really the domain in question. You've chosen to
hide the real domain name for some reason.
If you want someone to try to debug what might be a DNS problem, don't provide
fake DNS information.
Chris
