Missing A records in cache

Read inline please.

In news:FB9D2B18-2F3E-4B2B-91C5-,
Chris Ramsay <> typed:
> Hello,
>
> thanks for your time on this. I pasted the results below. One
> interesting
> thing is that I went ahead and as a test, added an explicit forwarder
> for
> t-systems.at and pointed it to the IP addresses for ns1.t-systems.at
> and
> ns2.t-systems.at. When I did that, the A records were added back
> into the
> cache as expected and everything began to work fine. This prompted
> me to
> check my root hints server list hoping it was out of date,
> unfortunately
> (depending on how you look at it), the root hints were all current.
> Here is
> the result of the two bat files:

What is the Forwarder you are using for all other DNS domains?

What I find weird is when you queried the at servers for ns1.t-systems.at,
you didn't get an answer, you should have gotten a referral along with the
NS records.
If you're wondering why the Root Servers are listed, that's nslookup doing
it's normal PTR lookup.

W:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 192.92.125.2
(root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.92.125.2

Name: ns1.t-systems.at
Served by:
- ns1.t-systems.at
212.31.86.100
t-systems.at
- ns2.t-systems.at
212.31.88.100
t-systems.at

Here's the same query with Dig.
W:\>dig ns1.t-systems.at @192.92.125.2

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> ns1.t-systems.at @192.92.125.2
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ns1.t-systems.at. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
t-systems.at. 10800 IN NS ns2.t-systems.at.
t-systems.at. 10800 IN NS ns1.t-systems.at.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.t-systems.at. 10800 IN A 212.31.86.100
ns2.t-systems.at. 10800 IN A 212.31.88.100

;; Query time: 531 msec
;; SERVER: 192.92.125.2#53(192.92.125.2)
;; WHEN: Wed Feb 20 06:42:10 2008
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 98


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Hi,

I don't use forwarders normally, all queries outside of my AD domain zone
are handled through recursion to the root hints servers.

As it turns out I do get a response from when I query the root hints server,
it is BAD ERROR VALUE. I noticed that when I ran it, the error dumped to std
error instead of standard out. Thats why it wasn't included in the text.
This is what the query looks like when submitted from my workstation.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reser

H:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 192.92.125.2
(root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
(root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.92.125.2:53

*** UnKnown can't find ns1.t-systems.at.: BAD ERROR VALUE

"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" wrote:

> Read inline please.
>
> In news:FB9D2B18-2F3E-4B2B-91C5-,
> Chris Ramsay <> typed:
> > Hello,
> >
> > thanks for your time on this. I pasted the results below. One
> > interesting
> > thing is that I went ahead and as a test, added an explicit forwarder
> > for
> > t-systems.at and pointed it to the IP addresses for ns1.t-systems.at
> > and
> > ns2.t-systems.at. When I did that, the A records were added back
> > into the
> > cache as expected and everything began to work fine. This prompted
> > me to
> > check my root hints server list hoping it was out of date,
> > unfortunately
> > (depending on how you look at it), the root hints were all current.
> > Here is
> > the result of the two bat files:
>
> What is the Forwarder you are using for all other DNS domains?
>
> What I find weird is when you queried the at servers for ns1.t-systems.at,
> you didn't get an answer, you should have gotten a referral along with the
> NS records.
> If you're wondering why the Root Servers are listed, that's nslookup doing
> it's normal PTR lookup.
>
> W:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 192.92.125.2
> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> Server: UnKnown
> Address: 192.92.125.2
>
> Name: ns1.t-systems.at
> Served by:
> - ns1.t-systems.at
> 212.31.86.100
> t-systems.at
> - ns2.t-systems.at
> 212.31.88.100
> t-systems.at
>
> Here's the same query with Dig.
> W:\>dig ns1.t-systems.at @192.92.125.2
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> ns1.t-systems.at @192.92.125.2
> ;; global options: printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41
> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;ns1.t-systems.at. IN A
>
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> t-systems.at. 10800 IN NS ns2.t-systems.at.
> t-systems.at. 10800 IN NS ns1.t-systems.at.
>
> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> ns1.t-systems.at. 10800 IN A 212.31.86.100
> ns2.t-systems.at. 10800 IN A 212.31.88.100
>
> ;; Query time: 531 msec
> ;; SERVER: 192.92.125.2#53(192.92.125.2)
> ;; WHEN: Wed Feb 20 06:42:10 2008
> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 98
>
>
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Read inline please.

In news:BC972422-BC60-45BC-AE92-,
Chris Ramsay <> typed:
> Hi,
>
> I don't use forwarders normally, all queries outside of my AD domain
> zone are handled through recursion to the root hints servers.
>
> As it turns out I do get a response from when I query the root hints
> server, it is BAD ERROR VALUE. I noticed that when I ran it, the
> error dumped to std error instead of standard out. Thats why it
> wasn't included in the text. This is what the query looks like when
> submitted from my workstation.
>
> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
> Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reser
>
> H:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 192.92.125.2
> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> Server: UnKnown
> Address: 192.92.125.2:53
>
> *** UnKnown can't find ns1.t-systems.at.: BAD ERROR VALUE

Something seems to be blocking iterative lookups to the at ccTLD servers,
you may get this same message if the query is refused.


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Did you guys get this figured out??? Same deal, just always the same domain in cache that fails. We also use OpenDNS (paid version) for forward all external requests to.

> On Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:38 AM ChrisRamsa wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am having a strange problem with resolving names to one specific internet
> domain. On occasion my DNS servers will lose the ability to resolve the
> t-systems.at domain. Clearing the cache re-enables the servers ability to
> resolve the t-systems.at domain. When I click on advanced view and look at
> the cache I see that the t-systems folder contains the following:
>
> (same as parent folder) - Name Server (NS) - ns1.t-systems.at.
> ns1 - Host(A) - 212.31.86.100
>
> On the occasions when I cannot resolve the domain I have noticed that the
> cache record for t-systems.at is missing the A record. It only contains the
> NS record for ns1.t-systems.at.
>
> My best guess is that without this A record, the ns1.t-systems.at name
> server is unresolveable and clearing the cache forces my dns server to issue
> a query out to get the t-systems.at information. Thus name lookups fail
> until the cache is cleared and the t-systems folder is repopulated.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on why the cache might be missing this
> information. It prevents us from sending email to this domain.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Chris


>> On Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:29 PM Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] wrote:

>> Read inline please.
>>
>> In news:BF2473E1-A90E-42BF-83D8-,
>> Chris Ramsay <> typed:
>>
>> The NS record has a Ttl of 86400 seconds (1 day), while the A record has a
>> Ttl of only 300 seconds. Even after the Ttl expires on the A record, DNS
>> will use recursion to resolve the A record, because it knows the name to
>> look for and start the 300 second countdown again.
>>
>>
>>
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>>> On Friday, February 15, 2008 10:16 AM ChrisRamsa wrote:

>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the response.
>>>
>>> I would think that is what is happening but it is not. Once the A record
>>> disappears from cache, the name becomes unresolveable until the cache is
>>> cleared and repopulated with both the A and NS records. As I mentioned this
>>> only happens with this one site. Any idea why my DNS server would not look
>>> up the A record again?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> "Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" wrote:


>>>> On Friday, February 15, 2008 2:55 PM Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] wrote:

>>>> Read inline please.
>>>>
>>>> In news:63ED39CA-A8F7-49CF-B6CB-,
>>>> Chris Ramsay <> typed:
>>>>
>>>> Does that DNS server have a forwarder?
>>>> If it does, check that the forwarder supports recursion.
>>>> Check that the DNS server is able to use recursion. Use the Monitoring tab
>>>> to test that it can do simple and recursive lookups.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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>>>>> On Friday, February 15, 2008 4:36 PM ChrisRamsa wrote:

>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes recursion is enabled and the DNS server works just fine using standard
>>>>> root hints. The problem seems to be that if the server finds a folder with
>>>>> the domain name in its cache file, it will not use recursion to find any
>>>>> missing or incomplete information inside of that folder.
>>>>>
>>>>> The proof of this is that I can delete just the t-systems folder from cache
>>>>> and the dns server begins resolving the name normally again. A while later
>>>>> though, the A records disappear from the t-systems folder leaving just the ns
>>>>> records and dns queries for t-systems fail until I remove the folder again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> "Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" wrote:


>>>>>> On Saturday, February 16, 2008 6:44 PM Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] wrote:

>>>>>> Read inline please.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In news:E2505B9F-DD2E-4A1B-AAD1-,
>>>>>> Chris Ramsay <> typed:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The TTl on the A record is only 5 minutes. There sould be no reason why it
>>>>>> cannot resolve the A record even with the NS record in cache, because it
>>>>>> would get the A record from the at TLD servers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
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>>>>>> Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
>>>>>> Hope This Helps
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> On Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:35 PM Przemo Karlikowski wrote:

>>>>>>> For several hours I'm getting this same problem but not for one domain but
>>>>>>> for all remote domains! It's happening for 4 different servers in different
>>>>>>> locations, all Windows 2003 R2. My DNS system is unusable. Local domain
>>>>>>> resolving works normal.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please help!
>>>>>>> Przemo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:...


>>>>>>>> On Monday, February 18, 2008 9:04 AM Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] wrote:

>>>>>>>> Read inline please.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In news:OTF%,
>>>>>>>> Przemo Karlikowski <> typed:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do you have forwarding enabled to your ISP (or router if it supports) on the
>>>>>>>> Forwarders tab?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>> Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
>>>>>>>> Hope This Helps
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>> On Monday, February 18, 2008 9:56 AM Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] wrote:

>>>>>>>>> Read inline please.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In news:E2505B9F-DD2E-4A1B-AAD1-,
>>>>>>>>> Chris Ramsay <> typed:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Are you still having a problem?
>>>>>>>>> I notice that there has been a change in the TTL for both the NS record and
>>>>>>>>> A record, both now have TTL of 3 hours.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When you run nslookup ns1.t-systems.at. against your DNS does it fail?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Are you using a Forwarder?
>>>>>>>>> If so, what is the forwarder's IP address?
>>>>>>>>> Does the forwarder answer correctly when you run
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at <ForwarderIP>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> IF it doesn't run it with the debug switch
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -d2 -qtype=ns t-systems.at <ForwarderIP>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Create two batch files, one with the NameServer lookup against the at
>>>>>>>>> servers and one with the a record lookup for ns1.t-systems.at.
>>>>>>>>> Use this command and attach the txt file output to your next post.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 193.171.255.2
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 192.92.125.2
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 81.91.161.98
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 87.233.175.130
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 192.76.243.2
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 195.66.241.82
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 204.152.184.202
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 206.65.170.101
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 210.81.13.181
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> nsbatchfilename.bat >t-systemsNS.txt
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 193.171.255.2
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 192.92.125.2
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 81.91.161.98
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 87.233.175.130
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 192.76.243.2
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 195.66.241.82
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 204.152.184.202
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 206.65.170.101
>>>>>>>>> nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 210.81.13.181
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Alookupbatch.bat >t-systemsA.txt
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>>> Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
>>>>>>>>> Hope This Helps
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:11 AM ChrisRamsa wrote:

>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> thanks for your time on this. I pasted the results below. One interesting
>>>>>>>>>> thing is that I went ahead and as a test, added an explicit forwarder for
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at and pointed it to the IP addresses for ns1.t-systems.at and
>>>>>>>>>> ns2.t-systems.at. When I did that, the A records were added back into the
>>>>>>>>>> cache as expected and everything began to work fine. This prompted me to
>>>>>>>>>> check my root hints server list hoping it was out of date, unfortunately
>>>>>>>>>> (depending on how you look at it), the root hints were all current. Here is
>>>>>>>>>> the result of the two bat files:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 193.171.255.2
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = l.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = m.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = a.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = b.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = c.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = d.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = e.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = f.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = g.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = h.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = i.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = j.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = k.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> a.root-servers.net internet address = 198.41.0.4
>>>>>>>>>> a.root-servers.net AAAA IPv6 address = 2001:503:ba3e::2:30
>>>>>>>>>> b.root-servers.net internet address = 192.228.79.201
>>>>>>>>>> c.root-servers.net internet address = 192.33.4.12
>>>>>>>>>> d.root-servers.net internet address = 128.8.10.90
>>>>>>>>>> e.root-servers.net internet address = 192.203.230.10
>>>>>>>>>> f.root-servers.net internet address = 192.5.5.241
>>>>>>>>>> f.root-servers.net AAAA IPv6 address = 2001:500:2f::f
>>>>>>>>>> g.root-servers.net internet address = 192.112.36.4
>>>>>>>>>> h.root-servers.net internet address = 128.63.2.53
>>>>>>>>>> h.root-servers.net AAAA IPv6 address = 2001:500:1::803f:235
>>>>>>>>>> i.root-servers.net internet address = 192.36.148.17
>>>>>>>>>> j.root-servers.net internet address = 192.58.128.30
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 193.171.255.2:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns2.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns1.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> ns1.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.86.100
>>>>>>>>>> ns2.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.88.100
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 192.92.125.2
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 192.92.125.2:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns2.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns1.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> ns1.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.86.100
>>>>>>>>>> ns2.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.88.100
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 81.91.161.98
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 81.91.161.98:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns2.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns1.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> ns1.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.86.100
>>>>>>>>>> ns2.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.88.100
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 87.233.175.130
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 87.233.175.130:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns1.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns2.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> ns1.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.86.100
>>>>>>>>>> ns2.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.88.100
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 192.76.243.2
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 192.76.243.2:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns1.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns2.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> ns1.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.86.100
>>>>>>>>>> ns2.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.88.100
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 195.66.241.82
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 195.66.241.82:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns1.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns2.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> ns1.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.86.100
>>>>>>>>>> ns2.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.88.100
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 204.152.184.202
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 204.152.184.202:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns1.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns2.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> ns1.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.86.100
>>>>>>>>>> ns2.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.88.100
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 206.65.170.101
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 206.65.170.101:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns1.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns2.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> ns1.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.86.100
>>>>>>>>>> ns2.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.88.100
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=ns t-systems.at. 210.81.13.181
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 210.81.13.181:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns1.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at nameserver = ns2.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>> ns1.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.86.100
>>>>>>>>>> ns2.t-systems.at internet address = 212.31.88.100
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 193.171.255.2
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = i.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = j.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = k.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = l.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = m.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = a.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = b.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = c.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = d.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = e.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = f.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = g.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = h.root-servers.net
>>>>>>>>>> a.root-servers.net internet address = 198.41.0.4
>>>>>>>>>> a.root-servers.net AAAA IPv6 address = 2001:503:ba3e::2:30
>>>>>>>>>> b.root-servers.net internet address = 192.228.79.201
>>>>>>>>>> c.root-servers.net internet address = 192.33.4.12
>>>>>>>>>> d.root-servers.net internet address = 128.8.10.90
>>>>>>>>>> e.root-servers.net internet address = 192.203.230.10
>>>>>>>>>> f.root-servers.net internet address = 192.5.5.241
>>>>>>>>>> f.root-servers.net AAAA IPv6 address = 2001:500:2f::f
>>>>>>>>>> g.root-servers.net internet address = 192.112.36.4
>>>>>>>>>> h.root-servers.net internet address = 128.63.2.53
>>>>>>>>>> h.root-servers.net AAAA IPv6 address = 2001:500:1::803f:235
>>>>>>>>>> i.root-servers.net internet address = 192.36.148.17
>>>>>>>>>> j.root-servers.net internet address = 192.58.128.30
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 193.171.255.2:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 192.92.125.2
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 192.92.125.2:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 81.91.161.98
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 81.91.161.98:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 87.233.175.130
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 87.233.175.130:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 192.76.243.2
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 192.76.243.2:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 195.66.241.82
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 195.66.241.82:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 204.152.184.202
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 204.152.184.202:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 206.65.170.101
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 206.65.170.101:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 210.81.13.181
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>> Address: 210.81.13.181:53
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, February 20, 2008 7:45 AM Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>> Read inline please.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> In news:FB9D2B18-2F3E-4B2B-91C5-,
>>>>>>>>>>> Chris Ramsay <> typed:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> What is the Forwarder you are using for all other DNS domains?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> What I find weird is when you queried the at servers for ns1.t-systems.at,
>>>>>>>>>>> you didn't get an answer, you should have gotten a referral along with the
>>>>>>>>>>> NS records.
>>>>>>>>>>> If you're wondering why the Root Servers are listed, that's nslookup doing
>>>>>>>>>>> it's normal PTR lookup.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> W:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 192.92.125.2
>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>>> Address: 192.92.125.2
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Name: ns1.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>>> Served by:
>>>>>>>>>>> - ns1.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>>> 212.31.86.100
>>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>>> - ns2.t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>>> 212.31.88.100
>>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Here's the same query with Dig.
>>>>>>>>>>> W:\>dig ns1.t-systems.at @192.92.125.2
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> ns1.t-systems.at @192.92.125.2
>>>>>>>>>>> ;; global options: printcmd
>>>>>>>>>>> ;; Got answer:
>>>>>>>>>>> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41
>>>>>>>>>>> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>>>>>>>>>>> ;ns1.t-systems.at. IN A
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at. 10800 IN NS ns2.t-systems.at.
>>>>>>>>>>> t-systems.at. 10800 IN NS ns1.t-systems.at.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
>>>>>>>>>>> ns1.t-systems.at. 10800 IN A 212.31.86.100
>>>>>>>>>>> ns2.t-systems.at. 10800 IN A 212.31.88.100
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ;; Query time: 531 msec
>>>>>>>>>>> ;; SERVER: 192.92.125.2#53(192.92.125.2)
>>>>>>>>>>> ;; WHEN: Wed Feb 20 06:42:10 2008
>>>>>>>>>>> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 98
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>>>>> Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
>>>>>>>>>>> Hope This Helps
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ===================================
>>>>>>>>>>> When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group"
>>>>>>>>>>> via your newsreader so that others may learn and
>>>>>>>>>>> benefit from your issue, to respond directly to
>>>>>>>>>>> me remove the nospam. from my email address.
>>>>>>>>>>> ===================================
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.lonestaramerica.com/
>>>>>>>>>>> http://support.wftx.us/
>>>>>>>>>>> http://message.wftx.us/
>>>>>>>>>>> ===================================
>>>>>>>>>>> Use Outlook Express?... Get OE_Quotefix:
>>>>>>>>>>> It will strip signature out and more
>>>>>>>>>>> http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/
>>>>>>>>>>> ===================================
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>>>>>>>>>>> with OEBackup:
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
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>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:00 AM ChrisRamsa wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't use forwarders normally, all queries outside of my AD domain zone
>>>>>>>>>>>> are handled through recursion to the root hints servers.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> As it turns out I do get a response from when I query the root hints server,
>>>>>>>>>>>> it is BAD ERROR VALUE. I noticed that when I ran it, the error dumped to std
>>>>>>>>>>>> error instead of standard out. Thats why it wasn't included in the text.
>>>>>>>>>>>> This is what the query looks like when submitted from my workstation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
>>>>>>>>>>>> Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reser
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> H:\>nslookup -qtype=a ns1.t-systems.at. 192.92.125.2
>>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>>> (root) nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>>>>>>>>>>>> Server: UnKnown
>>>>>>>>>>>> Address: 192.92.125.2:53
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *** UnKnown can't find ns1.t-systems.at.: BAD ERROR VALUE
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> "Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" wrote:


>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:11 AM Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Read inline please.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> In news:BC972422-BC60-45BC-AE92-,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chris Ramsay <> typed:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Something seems to be blocking iterative lookups to the at ccTLD servers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you may get this same message if the query is refused.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hope This Helps
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ===================================
>>>>>>>>>>>>> When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group"
>>>>>>>>>>>>> via your newsreader so that others may learn and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> benefit from your issue, to respond directly to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> me remove the nospam. from my email address.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ===================================
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.lonestaramerica.com/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://support.wftx.us/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://message.wftx.us/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ===================================
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Use Outlook Express?... Get OE_Quotefix:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It will strip signature out and more
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ===================================
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Keep a back up of your OE settings and folders
>>>>>>>>>>>>> with OEBackup:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ===================================