Thread: DNS lookup?

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    DNS lookup?

    How do I write my own DNS lookup to list all sub domains on a host.
    Because you see i want to write an smtp server, but as i've learned, after i send mail with my smtp server, it sends mail to the destination's smtp server. but how my smtp server finds the destination's smtp server's address?
    So I did a little reasearch and I found out that it's done with dns lookup, but i could not find a manual on how to do that.

    Please help.
    Thanks.
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    You need to lookup mx dns records. MX is short for Mail Exchange. These records point to the incoming smtp server for a domain.

    Some operating systems have apis to lookup mx records. For example, DnsQuery is available on Windows 2000/XP. Alternatively you can use a library or just some code using sockets.

    C code using sockets:
    http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewc...bs3/mxlookup.c

    DnsQuery function:
    http://www.developer2.com/features/stories/34508.html

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    Thanks alot.
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