a lot of thanks. it is quite clear now. now another small query. is it possible to trace the name/address of the NS/MX?
P.S. the email address was of the format [EMAIL PROTECTED] is there any importance of this mn is this regard? jaybrata ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alok Dugar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] [OT] can't resolve the address yet mail is delivered > a particular address need not have a resolvable ip addresss as long as a > machine on the net acts as a dns server and a mail exchange (NS / MX) > for the domain. > > the dns server might be redirecting the MX record to the machine which > actually acts as the server. > > abc.com dns server might be hosted on say ns3.xyz.com > the MX of abc.com might be say mx.xyz.com > > even though the specific domain might not have any ip address. > > hope this clarifies. > > ciao > alok > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Jaybrata Bhattacharyya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "[ILUG] Kolkata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[ILUG] Help" <linux- > suppose you have a email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > my email service provider correctly delivers mail > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . yet i can not resolve the IP address > of xyz.com . this has happened to a email address > i know. i can tell you the address in case you really > need it. why and how does it happen? can you help > me? > > jaybrata > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Call US for just Rs. 5. http://www.msn.co.in/webtelephony/ Get a phone card > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
