Search Again: Re: Bad Name Specified Error From: Kenneth Kirksey Date: Thursday, January 2, 2003 Time: 11:45:00 am On 1/2/03 at 10:29 AM, Len Conrad <LenConrad@MenAndMice.com> wrote: >>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. Well, if it's our DNS, can you give me some specific things to look for? We're running QDNS under OS 9 on a G3/233. It's running with EIMS, but those are the only two apps running on that machine, and QDNS is the frontmost app. Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Kirksey Information Technology Manager Singing News Publishing

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