-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 01:06:27PM -0700, Email Lists wrote: > -> One diagnostic that might have helped you catch this is: > -> > -> dig @server_ip some.domain.name > -> > -> testing each server_ip from your /etc/resolv.conf individually. > > Yup, that and although I don't know if it is as effective or helpful as it > used to be for me, you could consider and do this from bash shell too... > > telnet nameserveripaddress 53 No go, since most DNS servers will block TCP based queries for everything except their secondaries. Standard DNS queries use UDP. []s - -- Rodrigo Barbosa "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE/eKepdyWzQ5b5ckRAhVkAKC11yRU6OlHsKXV0VLOZH+HujPjkACfV80Q mDsAImKC1bGfLOMVBFIWYiE= =rWB2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----