[geeks] Dumb nslookup question

Julius Sridhar vance at ikickass.org
Mon Jan 28 03:52:16 CST 2002


On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Mike Nicewonger wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> 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

Try "dig @ip.address.for.ns.foo.com foo.com any any"

Peace...  Sridhar



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