[13701] in Athena Bugs
sgi_52 : "hostinfo" turkeys MX-only hosts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ron M. Hoffmann)
Sun Jul 30 10:02:45 1995
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 10:02:40 EDT
From: "Ron M. Hoffmann" <hoffmann@MIT.EDU>
System name:
Type and version: IP22
Display type: Graphics board 0 is "NG1" graphics.
Managed (":0.0") 1280x1024
24 bitplanes, NG1 revision 3, REX3 revision B, VC2 revision A
MC revision C, xmap9 revision A, cmap revision C, bt445 revision A
Display 1280x1024 @ 72Hz, monitor id 2
Indy cam connected
What were you trying to do?
use hostinfo to discover DNS info about a host
What's wrong:
hostinfo returns "no address" error for hosts which only
have an MX DNS record, rather than returning that record.
What should have happened:
hostinfo should have retunred the MX record for the host
given as command line argument.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
Many hosts which may be reached via email do not have IP
addresses; yet it is still useful to display their DNS
info when debugging mail problems. The MX DNS record
displays the relay host for the MX-only site.
MX-only host example: ntrs.com .
ps. I think I might have already reported this but never got an
acknowlegement so I'm not sure.
