> >For instance, > >as John showed, querying directly for the MX record seems to work, but not > >when you try to follow the logical path from the root servers you can't get > >there. How does that work? > > I didn't check his results -- but no matter how he did it, he does not get > a valid MX record back. An MX record that has an IP address in it is > invalid (it's OK if the DNS server returns an MX record with a hostname in > it *and* another record that gives the IP of the hostname, but it is > illegal for the MX record to have an IP in it).
DNSExpert by Mice and Men. (Blast shields up.) I was in a hurry at the time and did not post a comment. While a MX record was found, as Scott pointed out, it was not a valid one as it was a IP and not a host record with an associated A record. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
