Hi Darin,

No - the domain has been back for a while - but it's a terrible mess.  See:
http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=skanskausa.com for an
independent review.

A) their name server lists has the following NS records:

dns-sku-par-0. 
cbru.br.ns.els-gms.att.net. 
dbru.br.ns.els-gms.att.net. 
cmtu.mt.ns.els-gms.att.net. 
dmtu.mt.ns.els-gms.att.net.

Obivously "dns-sku-par-0." is not a valid FQDN - it's missing the domain
portion.

B) their registratr's root server includes an NS record for:

cbru.br.ns.els-gms.att.net. [199.191.128.105]

But that server does not respond.

C) their SOA record has a contact of "admin", but that's not a valid email
address format!  It must be something like "admin.skanskausa.com."

MOST IMPORTANTLY:

D) their name server has an MX pointer for "mail.skanskausa.com" - but there
is no "A" record resolving that "mail" host to an address.  No one can send
any mail to "mail.skanskausa.com" !


If it makes a difference - I'm sitting on a TON of bounced email intended
for your client (from a client of their's) - they have been trying to
organize a mutual project.  Whoever is assigned to that account at your firm
is not doing their job.  They should charge them for about 2 minutes of
consulting services - that's how little time it takes for someone who is the
least bit knowledgable to straighten out their domain.


Best Regards
Andy Schmidt

Phone:  +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business)
Fax:    +1 201 934-9206 



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Hi Andy,

I believe it should be straightened out now.  Skanska is a customer of ours.
Someone there forgot to renew their domain, so it expired Friday morning.
They quickly re-registered, but the damage was done for a day.  I believe
that's what caused the MAILFROM and HELOBOGUS errors we were receiving when
sending to them.

They've also had periodic problems managing their mail servers, however.
Much of it is probably due to major internal IT restructuring (personnel,
corporate identity, and merging of several separate infrastructures from
mergers) that has been occurring within their organization for the past few
months.

We talk to their IT personnel periodically to help them straighten out these
problems when they occur.

Darin.

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