Retrieves the list of hosts willing to accept mail for the given domain.

Parameters

domain

The domain to get the list of MX hosts for.

Return Value

The array of string names of hosts willing to accept mail for the given domain, or LocalSmtpMXServerName if domain is an empty string, or a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if an error occurred.

Remarks

This methods makes DNS MX query to the servers listed in DnsServers collection regarding domain. The method will return host the domain name itself if the DNS query reports the given domain contains A record only (i.e. the given domain is willing to accept mail for itself). MX records are returned accordingly their priorities (higher priority listed first).

Exceptions

Example

This sample retrieves the list of DNS MX server names accepting mail for "hotmail.com" domain.

[C#]
using System;
using MailBee;
using MailBee.SmtpMail;

class Sample
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Smtp mailer = new Smtp();
        mailer.DnsServers.Autodetect();
        string[] hosts = mailer.GetMXHosts("hotmail.com");
        foreach (string host in hosts)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(host);
        }
    }
}

[Visual Basic]
Imports System
Imports MailBee
Imports MailBee.SmtpMail

Class Sample
    Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        Dim mailer As Smtp = New Smtp
        mailer.DnsServers.Autodetect()
        Dim hosts() As String = mailer.GetMXHosts("hotmail.com")
        Dim host As String
        For Each host In hosts
            Console.WriteLine(host)
        Next
    End Sub
End Class

See Also

Smtp Class | MailBee.SmtpMail Namespace

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