RE: Detecting a non-existent domain

[Kee Hinckley <nazgul () somewhere com>]

At 2:46 PM -0700 9/23/03, David Schwartz wrote:
> 	He asked for the "optimal way" "to see if a given host truly 
> exists" and
> you told him how to confirm or deny the "existance of a domain". He asked
> about hosts, you answered about domains.

In fairness I was ambiguous.  Although Verisign ought to be 
describing all of these techniques.  But depending on the 
circumstances I primarily need to check for A records or MX and A 
records.
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Kee Hinckley
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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.