At 12:36 PM 6/23/00, Alan S. Harrell wrote:
> > Thanks for finding their SMTP address for us...
>
>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
>
>[...rest snipped...]
>
>The lower the preference number, the more primary the MX server. In
>this case, none of the 10 preference servers work as I would expect.
>But the lower 20 MX server would act as a sending server.
I don't know if this is still on topic, if not I will move it off list, but
is what you did above in any way related to a "dig" command?
I usually use the Sam Spade utilities for most of my network skulking....
