Re: Unable to resolve MX using nslookup

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Alex White <alex at oriel.com.au> wrote:
> Whoops, spoke too soon.
>
> It seems while lookups for *.co.uk return okay for some reason,
> *.co.nz lookups still exhibit the same behaviour:
>
>> hello.co.nz
> Server: vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net
> Address: 4.2.2.2
>
> nz.com.au
> primary name server = ns.redirection.net
> responsible mail addr = hostmaster.redirection.net
> serial = 2004081100
> refresh = 172800 (2 days)
> retry = 3600 (1 hour)
> expire = 1728000 (20 days)
> default TTL = 172800 (2 days)
>> hello.co.nz.
> Server: vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net
> Address: 4.2.2.2
>
> Non-authoritative answer:
> hello.co.nz MX preference = 10, mail exchanger =
> mail.discountdomains.co.nz
> hello.co.nz MX preference = 20, mail exchanger =
> mail2.discountdomains.co.nz
>

Do this MX lookup again with the -d2 switch, so we can see exactly what is
searched.


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