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From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Fri Feb 02 2001 - 09:13:39 CST

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    Kristian Vilmann:
    > On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Wietse Venema wrote:
    > >Kristian Vilmann:
    > >> I got this in my maillog:
    > >>
    > >> (Name service error for domain pbs.dk: Host found but no data record of
    > >> requested type)
    > >>
    > >> What exactly does this mean?
    > >
    > >It means that the name service was flakey and that it produced an
    > >erratic result.
    > >
    > >pbs.dk has a primary MX record that points to pbs.dk, and pbs.dk
    > >has an A record. So there is no good reason for the name service
    > >to reply otherwise.
    >
    > Is there a way to get around this?

    The workaround is to ignore the error and to postpone mail delivery.

    I have posted a bass-awkward patch two days ago. See the thread on
    softening NO_DATA errors from the DNS or download snapshot 20010201.

    > I never got these errors with sendmail. And I would hate to go bask to
    > sendmail :)

    RIght, Sendmail ignores errors, so it must be right.

            Wietse