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SHOW MX_RECORD
SHOW MX_RECORD
Displays SMTP routing information. If you omit destination, you see the entries
in the local Mail Exchange (MX) database. If you specify destination, you see all
the entries in all the databases that TCP/IP Services would look at, if necessary,
to resolve the address.
To send mail, SMTP looks up addresses in one or more databases (if necessary) in
the following order:
1. Local MX databse
2. Remote MX database
3. BIND server database
4. Local hosts database
Related command: SET MX_RECORD
Format
SHOW MX_RECORD [ destination ]
[ /GATEWAY=host ]
[ /OUTPUT=file ]
Parameters
destination
Optional. Default: All entries in the local MX database.
Final destination host name.
Qualifiers
/GATEWAY=host
Optional. Default: All destinations.
Displays the destinations that are accessed through the specified gateway.
/OUTPUT=file
Optional. Default: Screen display.
Sends the output to the specified file.
Examples
1.
TCPIP> SHOW MX_RECORD SWAN
BIND MX database
Server: 18.18.218.10 GREAT.HORNED.OWL.COM
Gate address Preference Gate name
18.18.218.10 50 WATER.PIPIT.WEBBED.FEET.COM
18.1.218.16 100 bd-gw.purple.martin.com
188.88.206.2 200 great.horned.owl.com
199.9.214.1 300 bird.food.seeds.worms.com
BIND database
Server: 18.18.218.10 WATER.PIPIT.WEBBED.FEET.COM
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