describe a few methods to finding an mx records for a remote domain on the internet?

You can use NSLOOKUP command Nslookup Set type=MX www.domain.com This will list the MX record details for www.domain.com Or you can use the followng web services: http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/mx-record-lookup.shtml http://www.mxtoolbox.com/ Santhosh Sivarajan | MCTS, MCSE (W2K3/W2K/NT4), MCSA (W2K3/W2K/MSG), CCNA, Network+ Houston, TX http://blogs.sivarajan.com/ http://publications.sivarajan.com/ This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.