Hi. I've noticed this issue before. I have to turn off my Mozilla VPN to get it to resolve, or use a different DNS server than what the VPN provides. Here's some output while I have my VPN on: % dig www.usps.com ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> www.usps.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 23999 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.usps.com. IN A ;; Query time: 22 msec ;; SERVER: 100.64.0.7#53(100.64.0.7) ;; WHEN: Mon Sep 08 13:52:50 PDT 2025 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 41 % dig @100.64.0.7 www.usps.com ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> @100.64.0.7 www.usps.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached % dig @9.9.9.9 www.usps.com ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> @9.9.9.9 www.usps.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 7194 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.usps.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.usps.com. 273 IN CNAME wildcard.usps.com.edgekey.net. wildcard.usps.com.edgekey.net. 227 IN CNAME e6531.dsca.akamaiedge.net. e6531.dsca.akamaiedge.net. 11 IN A 23.37.16.42 ;; Query time: 24 msec ;; SERVER: 9.9.9.9#53(9.9.9.9) ;; WHEN: Mon Sep 08 13:45:06 PDT 2025 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 136 % dig @100.64.0.7 www.google.com ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> @100.64.0.7 www.google.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 42291 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.google.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.google.com. 231 IN A 142.250.191.68 ;; Query time: 22 msec ;; SERVER: 100.64.0.7#53(100.64.0.7) ;; WHEN: Mon Sep 08 13:45:25 PDT 2025 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 59 Zach Williams On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM Kevin Shymkiw via Outages < outages@outages.org> wrote:
Works for me using Quad 1's
dig @1.1.1.1 usps.com
; <<>> DiG 9.18.30-0ubuntu0.24.04.2-Ubuntu <<>> @1.1.1.1 usps.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 55647 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;usps.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION: usps.com. 107 IN A 56.0.134.100
;; Query time: 6 msec ;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) (UDP) ;; WHEN: Mon Sep 08 19:39:06 UTC 2025 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 53
On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM Jon R Kibler via Outages < outages@outages.org> wrote:
Apparently the USPS is having DNS issues... $ host tools.usps.com
Host tools.usps.com not found: 2(SERVFAIL) $ host usps.com Host usps.com not found: 2(SERVFAIL) Not having issues with any other domain... Jon K
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