Correct me if I'm wrong -- I was under the impression that the failed
DNS server is not one that Nelson is managing, it is a destination for
the e-mail he is sending?

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Bryan Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
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> There are a few things that could cause this:
>
> 1. TTL in the zone
> 2. If this is replication to slave, then the changes from the master
> aren't transferring to the slave.
> 3. Are you incrementing the serial on the zone? If not then the changes
> will NEVER transfer to the slave.
>
> Pull out dig and if you can dig the domain from the system that is
> having the error. You may find that the zone is not as it should be on
> the slave, even though it resolves.
>
> When the master is down the slave should be queried automatically as
> long as the changes are propagated to the root servers and your local
> DNS.Once the master is back up try digging the master and slave to see
> if things are appropriate:
>
> dig MX @primary.dns.com hostname
>
> dig MX @secondary.dns.com hostname
>
> Do these match? Does your syslog show the changes being transferred to
> the slave?
>
> Bryan
>
> Nelson Serafica wrote:
> | I'm using bind 9.5.0-P1. I host some domain. However, my mta says "no mx
> | record" to one of the recipient of my client's email. I just discovered
> | that their primary dns servers is down but when I query the secondary
> | dns, it is fine.
> |
> | Is there a possible way in bind that when one domain's dns server I'm
> | trying to query is not available, it will query the secondary dns
> | automatically?
> |
> | Or should I do this in my MTA instead on my DNS?
> |
> |
> | |
>
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           Daniel

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