http://community.roxen.com/developers/idocs/rfc/rfc2308.html see if that helps according to that nxdomain is a name error i've never personally run accross it while running bind have you checked your soa record for minor typo's take care Bob the Kat =^..^=~ "' `" Meow -- To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@silug.org with "unsubscribe silug-discuss" in the body.