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From: werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: is there a user-program to send out MX-queries (and interpret them) ?
Message-ID: <3047@utastro.UUCP>
Date: 26 Aug 88 03:01:19 GMT
Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX
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every once in a while I get curious about a certain site and would like
to find out more about it.  one tool I know of is uuhosts, another is
querying the NIC-database either online with TELNET or by mail (send mail
to service@sri-nic.arpa with Subject: HELP for more info...) ....

given the use of MX-records on Internet, it has occured to me that "gurus"
may have developed a tool to quickly query for MX-records (simulating
what the mailer would be doing if they had sent mail), similar to doing a
remote finger or whois .... I'm looking for something that is useful while
requiring as little knowledge about the actual mechanics of the "MX-techniques"
as possible .... (I read the RFCs, though...)

Any leads?

			Cheers,		---Werner

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