On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:57:20 -0700 "Keith Goettert" <Keith@EcologyEnergy.com> wrote: > Ns1.helpfulhome.com is the DNS server for a variety of email and > websites. I have been having trouble lately with email arriving late > (several days) or not at all. As far as I can tell, this is a new > issue. I am concerned because locally the DNS server appears to be > working fine. But when I issue commands like: > > dig ns1.helpfulhome.com @ns1.covad.net > > I don't get an answer section. I have double checked my forward and > reverse entries and all appears correct. Can somebody give me a > clue?? Hmm... whois tells me that ns1.lightwaveaccess.net is also an authoritative nameserver for you. At first, I dug at it and came up with the address for ns1.helpfulhome.com successfully. A minute or so later, I got a temporary lookup error. So part of it could be that your secondary DNS is having issues. But ns1.helpfulhome.com was also found at a GTLD server, so lacking a working secondary shouldn't be that disruptive. However, I notice that your NS listings put ns1.lightwaveaccess.net ahead of ns1.helpfulhome.com - the reverse of your whois listings. That might be a problem, but I'm not really certain. If you want, post or mail me some of the domains you host and I can try some MX lookups. That might reveal some more details. -- Todd Pytel ---------------------------------------- Signature attached PGP Key ID 77B1C00C
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