[geeks] Dumb nslookup question

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Sun Jan 27 14:33:50 CST 2002


On January 27, Mike Nicewonger wrote:
> I am trying to see what the MX record for a domain points at via nslookup. I
> have tried reading the man page but as usual it cannot make sense of it.
> 
> How do I do this? Is nslookup the correct tool?
> 
> In other words I am trying to see what the MX records are for a domain like
> foo.com

  At the nslookup prompt, type "set q=mx", then type "foo.com".

    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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