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Exercise: Checking a Domain’s Mail Server with nslookup

Explore how to use the nslookup command-line tool to identify the SMTP mail servers associated with any domain. This lesson helps you practice querying MX records to understand mail server configurations, preparing you for deeper email protocol topics like POP and IMAP.

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nslookup

nslookup, or name server lookup, is a command-line tool that can be used to find the name and IP address of the SMTP server for a domain like live.com or ...