ss.org dns (or one reason why tlug emails bounce)

[Fraser Campbell]

Hi,

I tried contacting drew-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org regarding dns problems with the ss.org domain 
but haven't had a response yet so I thought I'd try here in case anyone knows 
the correct contact ...

You may see my original email below but to summarise:

- ss.org has 5 nameservers, ns.ss.org appears to be the master but none of the
  slaves have the latest zone file and one of the slaves isn't working at all

- ns.ss.org is listed as a relay for ss.org in the older zone file (served by
  3/4 of the nameservers) ... if lethe.ss.org is ever down then most (well
  3/4) of the email to tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org will bounce rather than remaining queued

- ns.ss.org is listed as a relay for tlug.ss.org in old and new zone files.
  If lethe.ss.org is down all email sent to tlug-HcP7FbCj2GFAfugRpC6u6w at public.gmane.org will bounce
  (although not many people appear to use that address)

I believe that sympatico.ca mailservers also have their own problems but the 
ss.org dns situation is pretty pitiful so there's little hope for Sympatico 
or any other ISP working with ss.org in the event of the slightest problem 
with lethe.ss.org.

If anyone who has control of the ss.org domain can correct this situation I 
think we can make tlug a happier place ;-)

Thanks

----------  Forwarded Message  ----------

Subject: ss.org dns
Date: Sunday 31 August 2003 10:34
From: Fraser Campbell <fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org>
To: drew-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org

Hi Drew,

Your domain ss.org has these nameservers:

	ss.org name server NS3.ETS.NET.
	ss.org name server KINGSTON.ETS.NET.
	ss.org name server NS.ETS.NET.
	ss.org name server NS.ss.org.
	ss.org name server NS2.ETS.NET.

Of these ns.ss.org appears to have the latest zone file (serial 20030605), 3
others have an older zone (serial 20030201) and one (KINGSTON.ETS.NET) does
not respond at all.

The mx records for tlug.ss.org are:

	tlug.ss.org mail is handled by 5 ns.ss.org.
	tlug.ss.org mail is handled by 1 lethe.ss.org.

However ns.ss.org does not relay mail for either tlug.ss.org or ss.org.  If
lethe is down or slow to respond then email bounces rather than remaining
queued (since ns.ss.org rejects the email).

This problem also exists for ss.org since 3/4 of your working nameservers are
out of date and contain a secondary mx of ns.ss.org which will be bouncing
your email rather than queuing it.

Just thought I'd pass this along in case you weren't aware of it.

Regards,
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Fraser Campbell <fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org>                 http://www.wehave.net/
Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada                             Debian GNU/Linux

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Fraser Campbell <fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org>                 http://www.wehave.net/
Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada                       Debian GNU/Linux

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