Re: [alan@SPRI.Levels.UniSA.Edu.Au: [postmaster@sourceware] qmail setup problem for binutils list]

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>]

Chris Faylor wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 12:41:14AM -0400, Jim Kingdon wrote:
> >> Alan has been seeing this problem for a couple of weeks.  Is it possible
> >> that his theory is correct?
> >
> >It is an ORBS static listing (lookup enclosed).
> >
> ><whine>I've explained ORBS static listings many times, including on
> >the http://sources.redhat.com/lists.html#rbls page</whine>.
> >
> >    [jkingdon@dhcp-net200-89 jkingdon]$ nslookup
> >    49.91.29.203.relays.orbs.org
> >    Server:  ns1.su.valinux.com
> >    Address:  10.1.0.5
> >
> >    Non-authoritative answer:
> >    Name:    49.91.29.203.relays.orbs.org
> >    Address:  127.0.0.4
> 
> I actually tried this prior to sending my email.  I was going to explain
> this to him when I answered his mail.  However, nslookup returned a
> "Non-existent host/domain"
> 
> *Now* it does work.
> 
> This was the random behavior I was referring to.  I thought that the
> last time we tried this you couldn't duplicate the succesful nslookup
> when you tried this several hours later.  It will be interesting to
> see if this happens again.

There is a rumor kicking around that ORBS black listed ``Telstra''. 
Telstra directly or indirectly controls about half of Australia's IP
address space.  Think about this - half of the Australian Internet can't
send e-mail ....

	Andrew