[Mailman-Users] problem creating new list on the web - Unkown Virtual Host

[Brad Knowles]

On 6/19/07, Christopher Adams wrote:

>  When I create a list via the web, I get the dreaded 'Unknown Virtual
>  Host mailinglists.state.or.us' message.

That name does not exist in the DNS:

% dig mailinglists.state.or.us. any

; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> mailinglists.state.or.us. any
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 49283
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mailinglists.state.or.us.      IN      ANY

;; Query time: 3 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
;; WHEN: Tue Jun 19 18:30:48 2007
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 42


% dig @lynx.state.or.us. mailinglists.state.or.us. any

; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> @lynx.state.or.us. mailinglists.state.or.us. any
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 12659
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mailinglists.state.or.us.      IN      ANY

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
state.or.us.            3600    IN      SOA     lynx.state.or.us. 
dns-admin.state.or.us. 2007061500 10800 1800 604800 3600

;; Query time: 72 msec
;; SERVER: 159.121.107.82#53(159.121.107.82)
;; WHEN: Tue Jun 19 18:31:44 2007
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 93


You might want to get that fixed.

While you're at it, you should have your nameserver administrators 
look into fixing the other things wrong with the domain -- see 
<http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?%26domain%3Dstate.or.us>.

-- 
Brad Knowles <brad at shub-internet.org>, Consultant & Author
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