Re: Unable to resolve MX using nslookup
- From: "Ace Fekay [MVP]" <PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:02:53 -0400
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Alex White <alex at oriel.com.au> made this post, which I then commented
about below:
> Hello,
>
> I am experiencing a problem performing nslookups of MX records under
> Windows 2000/2003 boxes that are joined to a domain. More broadly, I
> experience the problem on (at least) any Windows 2000/2003/XP machine
> which uses a DNS suffix (so far I have only tested on boxes joined to
> a domain ending with ".com.au")
>
> Say I have an server joined to the "company.com.au" domain. I open an
> nslookup:
>
>> set type=mx
>> server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (any server will do)
> Default Server: [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
> Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
>> nzherald.co.nz (anything ending in .co.nz, .co.uk etc.)
>
> Server: anynameserver.anywhere.com
> Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> nz.com.au
> primary name server = ns.redirection.net
> responsible mail addr = hostmaster.redirection.net
> serial = 2004081100
> refresh = 172800 (2 days)
> retry = 3600 (1 hour)
> expire = 1728000 (20 days)
> default TTL = 172800 (2 days)
>
> -----
>
> What the? I said I wanted MX, not SRV?
>
> As a workaround, I append a period (.) to the end of my MX query, and
> no problem:
>
> -----
>
>
>> nzherald.co.nz.
> Server: oznet.ozemail.com.au
> Address: 203.2.193.124
>
> Non-authoritative answer:
> nzherald.co.nz MX preference = 15, mail exchanger = mail2.apn.co.nz
> nzherald.co.nz MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.apn.co.nz
>
> nzherald.co.nz nameserver = dns1.apn.co.nz
> nzherald.co.nz nameserver = dns2.apn.co.nz
> mail2.apn.co.nz internet address = 203.99.65.14
> mail.apn.co.nz internet address = 203.99.65.13
> dns1.apn.co.nz internet address = 203.99.65.8
> dns2.apn.co.nz internet address = 203.99.65.9
>
> -----
>
> Well, that's a bit better.
>
> Is this a bug in the nslookup client, or Windows? Or am I doing
> something naughty?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex White
Curious, can you post an ipconfig /all of this client machine? I am curious
to see the exact search suffix(es) set on the machine.
This was discussed in the past, but I can't recall the specifics. Let's
start with the info above please.
--
Regards,
Ace
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