[RFCI-Discuss] wirralnews.com

[Alex van den Bogaerdt]

On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 07:46:39PM +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:

> IIUC, the script does not check delegated servers for MX, just for
> authoritative NS records. Maybe this is what's wrong - if any servers in the
> delegation path returns bogus MX, the domain should be listed, no matter if
> the answer is authoritative...


  the answer is authoritative...


gtld server says:  I delegated authority to "this one".

"this one" says:
- the MX record for the domain is "..." (authoritatively)
- there are no NS server records for this zone (authoritatively)

I guess what I don't see is this part:

Why do you insist on getting more than zero NS servers eventhough
you do get an authoritative answer about your MX question ***from
the server to which authority is delegated***  ?


I have a feeling you think "no answer about NS records".  If so,
then I disagree because you did get an answer.  There's a huge
difference between "no valid answer", and "valid answer no such
record".  After gettin the "zero NS records" answer, you do not
need to ask other nameservers, do you?


Either say:
1: no NS servers, thus no zone, thus no MX record, thus
   any record presented has to be bogus

or say:

2: I got an answer, and I don't like the answer's contents


Currently you seem to say:

3: I got an answer, but I'm ignoring it because the server denies
   to be a nameserver for the domain eventhough the parent says so.


Thanks for trying to educate me.  I know it can be a pain, but I
keep asking because I really want to know where I go wrong, if
at all.


cheers,
alex