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