On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Mark Parker wrote:
> I am receiving this error in my mail logs
>
> "CNAME_lookup_failed_temporarily."
>
> where the recipient address is like [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> When I do a nslookup from various name servers ther all indicate that the
> domain does not exist. Yet, when I do a lookup for "mail.domain.com.au" and
> www.domain... etc they are give valid IP addresses.
>
> This has become an issue as people used to be able to use this address
> previously, and other sites still can, so the address is still valid.
>
> Is there an underlying error that may be evident either in the setup of my
> qmail or DNS?? I thought that if the domain name could not be resolved, then
> obviously the mail could not be delivered.
You should do an nslookup for MX to be completely sure that they have
misconfigured the DNS. If it does not give back a mail exchanger, then it
is their misconfiguration. However usual nslookup on a domain gives back
not found error.
So there is no DNS misconfiguration probably.
That it may or may not be a qmail error I do not know, since I don't know
exactly the conditions that trigger that message.
Robert Varga
