[thelist] DNS and MX record woes

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Tue Nov 19 13:52:01 CST 2002


mars,

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> From: MarsHall
>
> An Internic Whois Look-up returns:
> -----------------------------------
>     Domain Name: ADULTDVDTODAY.COM
>     Registrar: GANDI
>     Whois Server: whois.gandi.net
>     Referral URL: http://www.gandi.net
>     Name Server: NS1.EVERYDNS.NET
>     Name Server: NS2.EVERYDNS.NET
>     Updated Date: 16-nov-2002
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that's correct.

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> A local nslookup for the MX record returns:
> ---------------------------------------------
> Non-authoritative answer:
> adultdvdtoday.com       canonical name = thor.jeffhowden.com
>
> Authoritative answers can be found from:
> jeffhowden.com
>          origin = dns1.alphashop.com
>          mail addr = administrator.alphashop.com
>          serial = 70
>          refresh = 900 (15M)
>          retry   = 600 (10M)
>          expire  = 86400 (1D)
>          minimum ttl = 3600 (1H)
>
> Since the Whois record says that it was updated just
> three days ago (I assume that was switching your DNS
> from alphashop.com to EVERYDNS.NET), it looks to me
> like you just haven't given your new DNS settings time
> to propagate.
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actually, we switched 1 of the 4 domains from hostcentric and the other 3
from adhost (there are 3 others that are different spellings and .net
variations of the one i posted about).  jeffhowden.com's dns still sits at
alphashop.com because i've been too lazy to move it yet.

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> Switching registrars and switching DNS servers are
> completely different processes. Registrars are where
> the "domain ownership" records reside; DNS servers are
> where the name-to-ipaddress mappings and such (the zone
> files) reside.
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i know they're different processes.  but, before the registrar change had
propagated i went in and made nameserver changes as well.  i already had dns
setup for the 4 domains on the new nameserver so i would hope it'd already
have propagated.  otherwise, why would all these bounce errors be trying to
connect to thor.jeffhowden.com?  that tells me it's already propagated, but
somehow not setup properly.

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> Always expect DNS zone changes to take up to a full
> week to propagate!
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using cnames i've found that i can move my entire box and have dns updated
for all domains on that box in no more than an hour.  however, it seems that
the use of cnames is also causing some problems.

i guess it's time to read a book on dns.  anyone have any recommendations?

.jeff

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