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nslookup are used to find what your server IP address is. Use windows DOS "Command Prompt" (click >Start >Programs >Accessories), when the DOS screen opens, at the prompt enter nslookup followed by the name of the domain. Example: if your domain is mailsbroadcast.com enter; Nslookup [space] mailsbroadcast.com [press enter key] to display the domain IP address.
Notes: To get a DOS prompt in Windows 2000 or XP, DNS (Domain Name System) is a distributed domain based naming system database that can be query to identify administers of IP Address--which is a string of numbers, example:
207.151.159.3 are translated into a
string of "letters" called Domain Name
- example: Normally when we send an email or browse/surf the internet we uses character string to specify a destination, like; www.mailsbroadcast.com or service @ mailsbroadcast.com but the machine on the internet does not understand this name (character string). The machine uses a protocol called IP (internet protocol) and numbers like these; 132.0.33.54 to represent a destination, which is not very user friendly, therefore, a special internet service called DNS (Domain Name Service) is to help convert character string (name) into numbers.
Every
email domain or website URL has their own individual destination
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Therefore, when we surf or send an email to your local ISPs mail server, they will also have a local DNS (Domain Name Service) server (sort of like a mirror DNS site) that can be queried, identify and locate the actual destination of a character string (name). Anyone can use a DNS Program query tool freeware from samspade.org to access a DNS Name Server on the Internet and gather data in its DNS database. Example of queries on a DNS Server to identify and get relevant data and records for: gatech.edu
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nslookup
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$ nslookup
gcatt.gatech.edu
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