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Re: CMD: Determine the Mail Server for Any Domain | Windows | Tech-Recipes

qmchenry — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:17:22 -0000

Oh, no.. I'd just gotten the dead smelly fish smell off my face from the last time..

Re: CMD: Determine the Mail Server for Any Domain | Windows | Tech-Recipes

davak — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:13:12 -0000

<ul id="quote"><h6>qmchenry wrote:</h6>This is a great technique for getting the mail exchanger(s) for a domain. Most UNIX flavors also have nslookup, so this will work there, too. The dig command, where available, can be used to do this, too (dig mx domain.com).

It's important to note that the mail exchanger for a domain may not be the same as the domain's mail server. These days, most organizations use mail relayers of one sort or another to block spam, check for viruses, add redundancy, and take processing load off their mail server.</ul>

Hey, I know you are a unix/solaris guru... but now you are showing me up in the windows section too!

(/me slaps qmchenry with a dead smelly fish)

:D

Re: CMD: Determine the Mail Server for Any Domain | Windows | Tech-Recipes

qmchenry — Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:04:59 -0000

This is a great technique for getting the mail exchanger(s) for a domain. Most UNIX flavors also have nslookup, so this will work there, too. The dig command, where available, can be used to do this, too (dig mx domain.com).

It's important to note that the mail exchanger for a domain may not be the same as the domain's mail server. These days, most organizations use mail relayers of one sort or another to block spam, check for viruses, add redundancy, and take processing load off their mail server.