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DNS record question

Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

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Lets say I know about the domain example.com is there a way to find out what is the mail server's IP of it? It may not actually be the same IP as example.com, as it could be mail.example.com which goes somewhere else, but without knowing about mail.example.com, how would I be able to tell? Trying to find out if someone's mail server is same as their web server, I have a feeling it's different. guessing the MX record is what would say that. (I don't own this domain, just speaking in general)
 
If you are in windows, you can also use "nslookup" at the command prompt. Using nslookup in the situation is actually good because you are searching for the domain's MX records which store the information about the email servers. So after you have learned the ip addresses used for email, you can then set nslookup to look for the host records (A records) for the web server. After you have both, it's easy to tell if they are the same.
 
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