On Fri, 23 Jun 1995 22:30, Anita Cohen-Williams <IACAGC@ASUACAD> wrote:
>
> I have gotten several error messages over the last two days with the comment
> "Illegal host/domain". I tend towards deleting this addresses right away.
> Can anyone tell me what is happening? The two addresses were @tyrell.net and
> @studio.disney.com (this last one puzzles me the most).
 
Well, if there was a problem with E-mail to 'TYRELL.NET', it was temporary.
All the DNS (Domain Name Servers) and MX-hosts seem to be working normally.
 
However, the 'DISNEY.COM' domain is quite "sick".
 
The 7 dwarves (coal-mining is passe' -- they're now UNIX-software-engineers)
must all be out celebrating the $30+ million in receipts
from the opening-weekend of Pocahontas.  :-)
 
The 'DISNEY.COM' domain is served by three DNS machines, and it seems
that 'WALT.DISNEY.COM' and 'HUEY.DISNEY.COM' are not providing DNS service.
 
Also, the only "functioning" DNS seems to have a unique opinion
of the names of the other DNSes for the 'DISNEY.COM' domain.  Confusing!
 
Note the "cc:" to whom I'm directing this reply.
Hopefully, one (or more) of them can resolve the problem.
_______________
 
% NSLOOKUP
> set type=soa
> disney.com
  disney.com
        origin = walt.disney.com
        mail addr = root.walt.disney.com
        serial = 1995061801
        refresh = 3600 (1 hour)
        retry   = 300 (5 mins)
        expire  = 3600000 (41 days 16 hours)
        minimum ttl = 3600 (1 hour)
> set type=ns
> disney.com
Authoritative answers can be found from:
disney.com      nameserver = WALT.disney.com
disney.com      nameserver = HUEY.disney.com
disney.com      nameserver = NOC.CERF.NET
WALT.disney.com internet address = 139.104.1.2
HUEY.disney.com internet address = 204.128.192.10
NOC.CERF.NET    internet address = 192.153.156.22
> set type=mx
> studio.disney.com walt.disney.com
Server:  walt.disney.com
Address:  139.104.1.2
*** walt.disney.com can't find studio.disney.com: No response from server
 
>  studio.disney.com huey.disney.com
Server:  huey.disney.com
Address:  204.128.192.10
*** huey.disney.com can't find studio.disney.com: No response from server
 
> studio.disney.com noc.cerf.net
Server:  noc.cerf.net
Address:  192.153.156.22
studio.disney.com       preference = 5, mail exchanger = nemo.disney.com
disney.com      nameserver = walt.disney.com
disney.com      nameserver = sds.sdsc.edu
nemo.disney.com internet address = 139.104.1.11
walt.disney.com internet address = 139.104.1.2
sds.sdsc.edu    internet address = 132.249.20.22
> exit