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  3. February 2006

RE: Editing E-Mail Addresses

Thanks, Rich.  I think that cleared up my confusion.  The MX records are
like routing steps for a domain.  For example, IBM.com has 10 MX records.
According to the document, if I send a message to "somebody@xxxxxxx", the
e-mail server (SMTP) will attempt to use each of those MX idenfitiers in
priority order to reach the addressee.  

Therefore, it appears the steps really look like this:
Check for MX records.

If any exist, the domain is okay.  

If there are no MX records, use GetHostByName to determine if the domain is
okay.

Or am I still lost?

Thanks.

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
Roomstore Furniture Company
(804) 784-7600 extension 2124
DFisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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See section 5, Address Resolution and Mail Handling for complete details:

ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2821.txt
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