[ale] testing mx records

[Stephan Uphoff]

> I'm trying to find out if a service provider has MX records set up correctly.  
> How can I check this with nslookup.  I've tried using "ls -t MX thedomain.com"
> in nslookup but that only gives me the error below. 
> 
> > ls -t MX keith-hamm.com
> [ns1.mindspring.com]
> *** Can't list domain thedomain.com: Unspecified error
> >                          
> 
>  ---------------------------------
> David Hamm
> Systems Analyst
> Imaging Technologies Services Inc.
> email: dhamm at itrepro.com
> voice: 404-870-6663
> ---------------------------------
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I recall that mx records should not point to aliases.
( I am not 100% sure )

	Stephan
 
% nslookup
Default Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

> set q=mx
>  keith-hamm.com
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

Non-authoritative answer:
keith-hamm.com  preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.keith-hamm.com

Authoritative answers can be found from:
keith-hamm.com  nameserver = NS1.NETWORKTEL.NET
keith-hamm.com  nameserver = NS2.NETWORKTEL.NET
NS1.NETWORKTEL.NET      internet address = 216.83.236.227
NS2.NETWORKTEL.NET      internet address = 216.83.236.228
> <CTRL-D>

%nslookup  mail.keith-hamm.com
Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    mail.networktel.net
Address:  208.245.24.87
Aliases:  mail.keith-hamm.com



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