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- This message was machine generated. It is intended to alert you to a
- possible problem with one of the nameservers for the domain listed
- below. If you have any questions about this message, please contact
- dns-maintenance@umich.edu.
-
- The nameserver listed in the subject (and again below) was detected as
- a "lame delegation" by the UMICH.EDU nameservers.
-
- Domain: %DOMAIN%
- Server: %SERVER%
-
- The following paragraphs describe what a lame delegation is and
- suggests some things you might do to eliminate the lame delegation. If
- you are an experienced hostmaster, you probably do not to read the rest
- of this message; if you don't know what a lame delegation is, you
- probably want to keep reading.
-
- A lame delegation is an instance when a nameserver has been listed as
- authoritative for a domain, but does not seem to be performing
- nameservice for that domain. A lame delegation can usually be easily
- remedied by either fixing some small error in a configuration file, or
- by contacting the appropriate hostmaster and supplying him/her with
- up-to-date information.
-
- Two pieces of information are listed above. The first one is the name
- of the domain that was flagged, and the second one is the lame
- delegation -- that is, it is a purported nameserver for the domain.
-
- If the nameserver should be performing nameservice for the listed
- domain, it may be useful to inspect it. Is the zone for that domain
- expiring? If the nameserver is performing secondary service, does it
- have the correct IP address of the master server(s)? Again, if the
- nameserver is performing secondary service, is its copy of the SOA
- record serial number greater than the one held by the master server? Is
- there a typographical error or omission in the boot file?
-
- If the nameserver should not be listed as a nameserver for the domain,
- contact the hostmaster for that domain and ask that the NS record
- pointing to your nameserver be deleted. If your machine is not a
- nameserver for the domain, it should not be listed as such.
-
- Thank you for your time and your patience.
-