[geeks] simple DNS / nslookup question

[Phil Brutsche]

kevin marshall wrote:
> You will receive a response.  This does not work for all domains 
> however.

Some domains have a broken DNS configuration (different DNS servers
respond with different results for the same query).

Some DNS admins don't register A records for the domain itself, only
www.<domain>.

> What type of record is this response (domain queries lacking a 
> specific host name) and how do i set up something like this in bind?

By default it's the A RR (address resource record).

> FYI: Her actual problem is getting her email server (nbww.com) to
> send mail to pjgeng.org, but the DNS for pjgeng.org is screwed (no MX
> record).

"whois" says that domain hasn't been registered.

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Phil Brutsche
phil at tux.obix.com