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From: karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: is there a user-program to send out MX-queries (and interpret them) ?
Message-ID: <20834@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 26 Aug 88 21:58:42 GMT
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In-reply-to: wisner@killer.DALLAS.TX.US's message of 26 Aug 88 17:30:31 GMT

wisner@killer.dallas.tx.us writes:
   I've seen two different programs called "host" that give a condensed
   version of all nameserver info on a host. I have no idea how to get
   a copy of either one. I know that one version is running on
   tut.cis.ohio-state.edu; maybe someone there can help.

Our `host' program was a gift of Chuck Hedrick of Rutgers when I first
absconded with a raw binary of his hacked bind 4.7.2.  I don't know
its origin, but it contains a BSD copyright.  You'd have to ask him
for details.  Usage is very simple, just ask it on the command line
for the record type and the hostname, or use -a for all records:

[118] [5:54pm] tut:/dino0/karl> host -a killer.dallas.tx.us
killer.dallas.tx.us     604800 IN       HINFO   ATT-3B2/500     UNIX
killer.dallas.tx.us     86400 IN        MX      10 AMES.ARC.NASA.GOV
killer.dallas.tx.us     86400 IN        MX      20 TUT.CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU
killer.dallas.tx.us     86400 IN        MX      30 EDDIE.MIT.EDU
killer.dallas.tx.us     86400 IN        MX      40 BUITA.BU.EDU
Additional information:
AMES.ARC.NASA.GOV       161199 IN       A       128.102.18.3
TUT.CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU  165145 IN       A       128.146.8.60
EDDIE.MIT.EDU   9811 IN A       18.62.0.6

Hm, interesting: No A record provided for buita.bu.edu in the
`additional information' category.  A separate query for buita did in
fact give me its address, though.  Odd.

--Karl