Squid throws error, The requested URL could not be retrieved

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Published on 2010-03-04T06:54:53Z Indexed on 2010/05/12 12:04 UTC
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Hi

Sometimes I am getting the following error

The requested URL could not be retrieved

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://groups.google.com/

The following error was encountered:

Unable to determine IP address from host name for groups.google.com

The dnsserver returned:

Refused: The name server refuses to perform the specified operation.

This means that:

The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL. Check if the address is correct.

Your cache administrator is root.

What could be the reason for the above error ?

Regards

Supratik

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