A random RCN DNS server shows for your MX's A record an answer that I would expect. However your DNS servers for the dsl.pipex.net domain (ns0-d.dns.pipex.net and ns1-d.dns.pipex.net) are responding as below. Not what I would expect... Your DNS servers for the systems.pipex.net domain (ns0-s.dns.pipex.net and ns0-s.dns.pipex.net) appear to be answering properly as well. Something is going on with your DNS servers for the dsl.pipex.net subdomain I suspect. Perhaps they think that they are authoritative to systems.pipex.net as well and they are not? Perhaps they should or shouldn't be? Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree?!? Jason Montleon ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> @ns1-d.dns.pipex.net whirlwind.systems.pipex.net ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29969 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 13 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;whirlwind.systems.pipex.net. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 230870 IN NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.net. . 230870 IN NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.net. . 230870 IN NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.net. . 230870 IN NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.net. . 230870 IN NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.net. . 230870 IN NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.net. . 230870 IN NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.net. . 230870 IN NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.net. . 230870 IN NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.net. . 230870 IN NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.net. . 230870 IN NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.net. . 230870 IN NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.net. . 230870 IN NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: J.ROOT-SERVERS.net. 317270 IN A 198.41.0.10 K.ROOT-SERVERS.net. 317270 IN A 193.0.14.129 L.ROOT-SERVERS.net. 317270 IN A 198.32.64.12 M.ROOT-SERVERS.net. 317270 IN A 202.12.27.33 I.ROOT-SERVERS.net. 317270 IN A 192.36.148.17 E.ROOT-SERVERS.net. 317270 IN A 192.203.230.10 D.ROOT-SERVERS.net. 317270 IN A 128.8.10.90 A.ROOT-SERVERS.net. 317270 IN A 198.41.0.4 H.ROOT-SERVERS.net. 317270 IN A 128.63.2.53 C.ROOT-SERVERS.net. 317270 IN A 192.33.4.12 G.ROOT-SERVERS.net. 317270 IN A 192.112.36.4 F.ROOT-SERVERS.net. 317270 IN A 192.5.5.241 B.ROOT-SERVERS.net. 317270 IN A 128.9.0.107 ;; Query time: 116 msec ;; SERVER: 158.43.193.68#53(ns1-d.dns.pipex.net) ;; WHEN: Wed Oct 16 14:03:58 2002 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 461 -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list