Re: your mail

[Nathan E Norman <finn@midco.net>]

On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Wilson's Lan Connection wrote:

 : Hi
 : I can't find my own domain name on my dns server using nslookup and
 : traceroute.
 : 
 : Here is what happens
 : ++++++
 : > douala1.com
 : server: ns1.douala1.com
 : Address : 207.8.232.130
 : 
 : **** ns1.douala1.com can't find douala1.com: Server failed.
 : >
 : What is the problem?
 : wilson Tuma

You don't have an address record for the domain itself.

bohr:~ $ dig @ns1.douala1.com douala1.com any

; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @ns1.douala1.com douala1.com any 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      douala1.com, type = ANY, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
douala1.com.            0S IN NS        ns1.douala1.com.
douala1.com.            0S IN MX        10 m1.douala1.com.
douala1.com.            0S IN SOA       ns1.douala1.com.
admin.douala1.com. (
                                        199802151       ; serial
                                        2H              ; refresh
                                        1W              ; retry
                                        1D              ; expiry
                                        0S )            ; minimum


;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.douala1.com.        0S IN A         207.8.232.130
m1.douala1.com.         0S IN A         207.8.232.131

;; Total query time: 834 msec
;; FROM: bohr to SERVER: ns1.douala1.com  207.8.232.130
;; WHEN: Fri Nov 20 10:51:42 1998
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 29  rcvd: 140

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