On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Alan S. Harrell wrote:
>If you don't have the software to do this, but you have access to a
>UNIX shell account, you can run the nslookup program:
>cancer:/ > nslookup
>Default Server: ns.hosting4u.net
>Address: 209.15.2.3
>Next I want to set a querytype to list all mail exchange servers:
>> set querytype=MX
>Then I'll enter my host/domain:
>> mail.ru
>Server: ns.hosting4u.net
>Address: 209.15.2.3
>Non-authoritative answer:
>mail.ru preference = 10, mail exchanger = mx7.mail.ru
>mail.ru preference = 20, mail exchanger = mx.mail.ru
>mail.ru preference = 10, mail exchanger = mx.port.ru
>mail.ru preference = 10, mail exchanger = mx2.mail.ru
>mail.ru preference = 10, mail exchanger = mx3.mail.ru
>mail.ru preference = 10, mail exchanger = mx5.mail.ru
>mail.ru preference = 10, mail exchanger = mx6.mail.ru
A simpler way to do this at a Unix shell prompt is the command
"dig mx domain.com" - Dig can do a lot of stuff, the man page makes for
a good read... :)
-=Brian L. Johnson, blj8.com=-
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