The zone is still delegated but the CNAME records that map the well known reverse names to the actual names holding the PTR records are not present in 233.202.162.in-addr.arpa. This needs to be fixed by AT&T.
P.S. there is no point in two NS records if there is only one machine. 80/29.233.202.162.in-addr.arpa. 7200 IN NS ns1.archaxis.net. ;; Received 89 bytes from 65.68.49.6#53(ns3.sbcglobal.net) in 173 ms 80/29.233.202.162.in-addr.arpa. 3600 IN NS ns1.archaxis.net. 80/29.233.202.162.in-addr.arpa. 3600 IN NS ns2.archaxis.net. ;; Received 139 bytes from 162.202.233.81#53(ns1.archaxis.net) in 438 ms ns1.archaxis.net. 10800 IN A 162.202.233.81 ns2.archaxis.net. 10800 IN A 162.202.233.81 ; <<>> DiG 9.11.0a3 <<>> 81.233.202.162.in-addr.arpa ptr ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 47371 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ; COOKIE: d5595f2aa86b8c558cbec2d9575f3ceb8f5edb2bf7c71406 (good) ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;81.233.202.162.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: 233.202.162.in-addr.arpa. 3157 IN SOA ns1.swbell.net. postmaster.swbell.net. 2016052200 10800 900 604800 3600 ;; Query time: 0 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Tue Jun 14 09:08:27 EST 2016 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 145 Mark In message <4a56c99e-f59c-5fc4-8d7c-00619d9d2...@archaxis.net>, Ron Wingfield writes: > Ladies and Gentlemen: > > At the risk of double posting . . .yet again (sending this time in plain > text format), I'm reposting this question -- apparently my previous > membership was purged or otherwise not valid. > > Regardless, after about eight months with no problems, AT&T U-verse has > once again quit resolving? my reverse DNS; and now I can no longer send > eMail to DNS-aware MTA's, such as sbcglobal.net, aol.com, comcast.net, > et al. I have tried tweaking my zone file as follows but nothing seems > to work. I think they (AT&T) have done something . . .yet again, to > block my DNS server (authority?). Regarding my zone file configuration > follows. Can someone tell me if the configuration is erred, and > otherwise suggest corrections, or should I expect it to work? . . .and > pressure AT&T to fix the problem. > > Thanks! > > (Comment lines represent variant tests.) > > $ORIGIN 80/29.233.202.162.in-addr.arpa. > ; $ORIGIN 233.202.162.in-addr.arpa. > $TTL 3h > > @ IN SOA archaxis.net. rtwingfield.archaxis.net. ( > 2016061306 ; Serial > 1h ; Refresh > 1h ; Retry > 1h ; Expire > 1h ) ; Negative cashing TTL > > > 3600 IN NS ns1.archaxis.net. > 3600 IN NS ns2.archaxis.net. > > ;80 3600 IN PTR network.archaxis.net. > ;81 3600 IN PTR archaxis.net. > 81 3600 IN PTR alpha.archaxis.net. > ;82 3600 IN PTR bravo.archaxis.net. /; //(an > alternate ser//ver)/ > ;87 3600 IN PTR broadcast.archaxis.net. > > > > --------------------------------------------- > Ron Wingfield, > CEO WaterMark Marine Industries, Inc. > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users