Hello Arshad: I'm still a little curious about your problem, even though Glynn Clements gave an answer, of sorts.. If you were to type, in a web browser, "www.hotmail.com" what happens? Nothing? As little as I use hotmail, for me, every time I type "www.hotmail.com" it resolves to, and the browser address bar returns: "http://lc2.law5.hotmail.passport.com/cgi-bin/login" This should be considered normal. Some variation on lc*.law*.hotmail.passport.com that is... Is nothing at all happening? What happens if you type "lc1.law5.hotmail.passport.com" as you state, below? Nothing? Do you get an "..unable to locate the server.." error? For me, nslookup returns 207.46.198.16 for passport.com. Just curious, - John -- John Sage FinchHaven, Vashon Island, WA, USA http://www.finchhaven.com/ mailto:jsage@finchhaven.com And remember: it's spelled l-i-n-u-x but it's pronounced "Linux" Arshad Mahmood wrote: > > Subject: DNS PROBLEM > Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 15:02:37 +0500 (PKT) > From: Arshad Mahmood <amahmood@isb.sdnpk.org> > To: linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu > CC: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu > > Hi everyone, > > My DNS can not resolve the following domain > passport.com > all other domains are solved by it normally but when I try for > lc1.law5.hotmail.passport.com > It gives an error no-existent host/domain. > > OS is LINUX Redhat and DNS version is > bind-8.2.2_P5. > This is headac for me and from our network hotmail is not accessible > because when we type www.hotmail.com > > it is redirected to lc1.law5.hotmail.passport.com. > > Any suggestions to solve the problem. > > Regards, > > Arshad Mahmood - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org