Search Again: Re: Bad Name Specified Error From: Len Conrad Date: Thursday, January 2, 2003 Time: 8:32:54 am >could not resolve domain name "bcpl.net" because a bad name was specified. that domain's DNS setup is ok. >The strange thing is that sometimes LetterRip will send messages to this >domain with no error. I scanned the logs and found a few other domains >that gave the same error on some occasions, but worked fine on others. Timeouts on DNS queries will cause the mail delivery app to log that "bad name" error, which is not very explanantory. "bad" because of nxdomain?, nodata? (both definitive), or timeout (non-definitive)? Timeouts on DNS queries could be caused by delays from DNS or other problems. Len <

Messages In This Thread: Bad Name Specified Error by Kenneth Kirksey on Jan 2, 2003 at 8:16:35 am Re: Bad Name Specified Error by Len Conrad on Jan 2, 2003 at 8:32:54 am Re: Bad Name Specified Error by Kenneth Kirksey on Jan 2, 2003 at 11:45:00 am Re: Bad Name Specified Error by Len Conrad on Jan 2, 2003 at 12:01:18 pm