It would appear there's something very unhealthy with your specific nameservers regarding .au.
A direct email I sent you bounced (well, delayed warning) due to : The error that the other server returned was: 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address sc...@doc.net.au does not resolve That address fairly clearly does resolve, and I've had no problems sending email to anywhere else on the internet, so it's obviously a local issue. Scott On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Mr. James W. Laferriere < bab...@baby-dragons.com> wrote: > > Hello All , Are the roots for .au lost in the haze someplace ? > During my attempts to reach > http://www.coker.com.au/**bonnie++/<http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/> > I tried a 'dig www.coker.com.au +trace' > > Did some roots change recently ? Tia, JimL > > Which yielded ... > > ; <<>> DiG 9.9.3-P2 <<>> www.coker.com.au +trace > ;; global options: +cmd > . 7424 IN NS i.root-servers.net. > . 7424 IN NS m.root-servers.net. > . 7424 IN NS k.root-servers.net. > . 7424 IN NS a.root-servers.net. > . 7424 IN NS h.root-servers.net. > . 7424 IN NS d.root-servers.net. > . 7424 IN NS c.root-servers.net. > . 7424 IN NS l.root-servers.net. > . 7424 IN NS e.root-servers.net. > . 7424 IN NS g.root-servers.net. > . 7424 IN NS j.root-servers.net. > . 7424 IN NS b.root-servers.net. > . 7424 IN NS f.root-servers.net. > . 517152 IN RRSIG NS 8 0 518400 > 20130907000000 20130830230000 49656 . > lWj707jP5hxvgq8BwU5+IVeyuE/**p3wcEmuQRfzuneoFClny1L/xyaT53 > IkhG57jFzRPsXbuvOM6J/**9tZzkbyuN20b5T0QLuxJVQsZT20pzW**SIZ54 MVcVd2HTRtq+* > *Gr0OetDI3THRkgK06IVH0yyKrPqDCQ**I/iHbc+iljg21f lmc= > ;; Received 857 bytes from 50.0.96.199#53(50.0.96.199) in 195 ms > > au. 172800 IN NS z.au. > au. 172800 IN NS y.au. > au. 172800 IN NS x.au. > au. 172800 IN NS w.au. > au. 172800 IN NS v.au. > au. 172800 IN NS u.au. > au. 172800 IN NS s.au. > au. 172800 IN NS r.au. > au. 172800 IN NS b.au. > au. 172800 IN NS a.au. > au. 86400 IN NSEC aw. NS RRSIG NSEC > au. 86400 IN RRSIG NSEC 8 1 86400 > 20130907000000 20130830230000 49656 . LZo++** > i1OBOYRDncdZe8aAuO1TaWgCWVXVc/**aquFb0oT0LBNAbkPljT55 > dQV8jlrsZyZ0QbAm09P29wuq1UBuca**6a1YX72DZrvfDeqX+1oXaAlEPd > ZfFl2eQsao39AZPlRVfVVw18am5VX8**V4K/VmYgBeq1lmV52OVqYz2UVB ygQ= > dig: couldn't get address for 'z.au': no more > > > > -- > +-----------------------------**------------------------------**-------+ > | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | > | Network&System Engineer | 3237 Holden Road | Give me Linux | > | bab...@baby-dragons.com | Fairbanks, AK. 99709 | only on AXP | > +-----------------------------**------------------------------**-------+ > >