Subj : occasional error
To   : Rick Smith
From : Michael Dukelsky
Date : Sun Mar 17 2024 11:05 pm

Hello Rick,

Sunday March 17 2024, Rick Smith wrote to All:

 RS> I am wondering if anyone knows why this happens? Its not all the time
 RS> but the same node always?  It has a node statement, address correct
 RS> etc...

 RS> 11:01 [31401] call to 1:105/11@fidonet
 RS> + 11:01 [31401] getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known (-2)
 RS>   11:01 [31400] rc(31401)=0

Your wh2bbs.us domain has an A record:

$ dig a wh2bbs.us

; <<>> DiG 9.18.24 <<>> a wh2bbs.us
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 62766
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;wh2bbs.us.                     IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
wh2bbs.us.              600     IN      A       65.102.14.166

;; Query time: 47 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Sun Mar 17 22:49:23 MSK 2024
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 54

But it looks like your bbs.wh2bbs.us domain does not have such a record, and it should have one.

$ dig a bbs.wh2bbs.us

; <<>> DiG 9.18.24 <<>> a bbs.wh2bbs.us
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 25605
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;bbs.wh2bbs.us.                 IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
wh2bbs.us.              1653    IN      SOA     curitiba.ns.porkbun.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2335454762 10000 2400 604800 1800

;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Sun Mar 17 22:46:12 MSK 2024
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 116

Michael

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