[afnog] SMTP server rejecting domain

[Brian Candler]

On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 04:11:40PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> > But why is it that none of the replies found nyala.sdnp.org.mw (
> > which is the main NS)?
> 
> Because it is not true. Ask any authoritative name server of ".org",
> it will tell you that there are only two name servers for cedrisa.org
> (both broken):
> 
>  % dig @TLD1.ULTRADNS.NET. NS cedrisa.org 
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> @TLD1.ULTRADNS.NET. NS cedrisa.org
> ;; global options:  printcmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 62172
> ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
> 
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;cedrisa.org.                   IN      NS
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> cedrisa.org.            86400   IN      NS      domwe.leland-mw.org.
> cedrisa.org.            86400   IN      NS      chambo.sdnp.org.mw.

And another way is to ask the registry:

$ whois cedrisa.org
...
Name Server:DOMWE.LELAND-MW.ORG
Name Server:CHAMBO.SDNP.ORG.MW

That's where you need to correct the data. Once done, they will correct the
.org zonefile for you.