Might the answer be as simple as the server is running SMTP?
Dave.
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From: "Mats Dufberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 10:24 AM
Subject: Strange behavior from resolvers?
> There is a zone, obol-net.net, that causes me some troubble. It is
> delegated with the following information:
>
> obol-net.net. NS ns1.obol-net.net.
> obol-net.net. NS ns2.obol-net.net.
> ns1.obol-net.net. A 195.163.92.125
> ns2.obol-net.net. A 195.163.92.123
>
> In the zone we have, among other data,
>
> ns1.obol-net.net. A 195.163.92.125
> ns2.obol-net.net. A 195.163.92.123
>
> but there is no MX in the same nodes (ns1.obol-net.net, ns2.obol-net.net).
> If I recursively through a resolver (bind 8.2.2, 8.2.3. or 9.1.0) send
> the request
>
> ns1.obol-net.net. MX ?
>
> the response is SERVFAIL. When I direct the request directly to the
> servers I see no problem with the response.
>
> Can anyone see what is wrong?
>
>
>
> Mats
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