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Date:      Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:43:31 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Patrick McConnell <patrick@interlog.com>
Cc:        Tom Savage <tom@dhc.net>, Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com>, Greg Stringfellow <greg@smokey.prismnet.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, HPISD_ADMIN@HIGHLANDPARK.K12.TX.US
Subject:   Re: BIND Question
Message-ID:  <19970912114331.30906@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <19970912105950.15893@lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 10:59:50AM %2B0930
References:  <199709112242.RAA15773@dhc.net> <Pine.BSI.3.96.970911195843.279A-100000@patrick.interlog.com> <19970912105950.15893@lemis.com>

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On Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 10:59:50AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 1997 at 08:01:32PM -0400, Patrick McConnell wrote:
> There are a number of problems here:
>
> 1.  The postmaster mail ID is '('.  I wonder how they got that in
>     there.
> 2.  Many names have underscores.  This will cause problems.
> 3.  They only have one name server.  I wonder how they got away with
>     that.
>
> I'm copying the guys at Highland Park.  They'll probably want to fix
> this.  For continuity's sake, it's probably an idea to add some CNAMES
> for the underscores.


I take some of that back.  The last message just bounced:

HPISD_ADMIN@HIGHLANDPARK.K12.TX.US

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 HPISD_ADMIN@HIGHLANDPARK.K12.TX.US... Host unknown (Name server: hpisd_admin.highlandpark.k12.tx.us.: host not
> found)

There's obviously more wrong with their config than I thought.  I'll
try to contact them some other way.

Greg



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