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Determining Your Mail Server Software  DNS Lookup Tools Mail Server Software Reading Mail Headers Server Software Running
Windows 2000 DNS Resource Center

Domain Name Search (DNS) Tools:

• www.BuildOrBuy.Org/whois 
  
• www.BuildOrBuy.Net/whois

Purpose - Running ZoneAlarm Firewall Protection on flavors of Win98, Win2000 or WinXP Pro? Reading those email headers to see where your new virus came from? Ever wonder who is looking @ your Computer and why you're so special? Or wonder WhoIs also on your Domain Host Provider? And occasionally it's just good business to know who your talking to when researching a Host Provider for your Domain or a potential client's Domain.

1. www.iplists.com - Search Engine IP Addresses:
2. www.jufsoft.com - WhereIsIP - IP Whois Tool to find geographic location for ip address, email, website, ICQ and more:
3. Whois Source - Wildcard Domain Search Lookup:
4. IPMonster - IP Address Tools: Trace Route - Your Current IP Address.
5. Or for a good Trace Route... VisualRoute Server Dulles Virginia USA
6. Sent to us from Max Popov: Available Domains is the best Domain Name Search Whois Tool, it can query up to 600 domains per minute, show Expired Domains and has many Advanced Features (7/20/2002).
7. Broadband: TechTV Kill DNS Errors for Faster Broadband (5/15/2002).
   1. Navas Cable Modem-DSL Tuning Guide: Reduce DNS errors in Windows 2000/XP (3/2/2003).
8. DNS Caching, Network Prioritization, and Security
9. Windows 2000: Aladdin esafe - Firewall & Antivirus Protection
10. WHOIS VeriSign
11. NetFactual.com - Domain Facts
12. IP Search Toolbar - Extend Browser Capabilities
13. ARIN: Whois - Search a specific IP Address
14. The Really Useful Page - The Web Developer's Journal

Determining Your Mail Server Software 

1. Turn ON ALL Mail Headers in your eMail application.

2. Determining what type of Mail Server a host is running

   1. InternetPeriscope

Mail Server Software 

Mail Server News

MAPS TSI Anti-Relay How Can I Fix the Problem

1. ArGoSoft Mail Server
2. Courier Mail Server
3. Eudora Mail Servers
4. exim Internet Mailer
5. DMail Internet Mail Server
6. DMail Mail Server Software - Secure SSL Mail Server 
7. True North Software -  Mail Server Overview: IAź eMail Server
8. IceWarp Web Mail - Professional Ccorporate Mail Server Solution
9. IMail Server by Ipswitch - The 20 Minute E-Mail Solution
10. InterMail
11. MDaemon Mail Server - POP3-SMTP-IMAP4 Email Server Software
12. Merak Mail Server
13. MERCUR Mailserver Version 4.01
14. Pegasus Mail - Mercury Mail Transport System
15. The Postfix Home Page
16. www.privatemail.com - Windows Mail Server
17. Sendmail
18. SPA Mail Server is Virus infection prevention is possible. - It is easily replaceable from EMWAC IMS.
19. Stalker Software Inc. - CommuniGate Pro
20. True North Software, Inc.
21. WorkgroupMail Mail Server for Windows

DNS Lookup Tools

In a Communications Network (LAN / WAN), DNS (Domain Name System) Servers through software (such as BIND) translate Domain Name's www.BuildOrBuy.Net to IP Addresses for use on the TCP/IP network protocol stack for Routing. TCP/IP is the network protocol of the Internet. The TCP/IP protocol stack is bound to the LAN Adapter.

1. List of All Known DNS-based Spam Databases
   1. www.DNSreport.com:
   2. www.DNSstuff.com:
2.  ICANN | Home Page
3. www.internic.net -
   1. www.internic.net/whois.html
4. VeriSign Inc. - www.verisign.com - Search WHOIS
5. www.networksolutions.com
   1. WHOIS Lookup
6.  Traceroute, Ping, Domain Name Server (DNS) Lookup, WHOIS, DNS Records Lookup, and E-Mail relay Check.
   
7.  RIPE NCC Finding Contacts for Networks:
   1. Query the RIPE Whois Database: Regional Internet Registries (RIR) - "The RIPE NCC performs activities primarily for the benefit of the membership in Europe, The Middle East, The North of Africa and parts of Asia.." The RIPE WhoIs Tool came in handy recently after receiving 175 messages from the same IP Address (12/2/2002).
8.  packetderm.cotse.com - The Computer Professional's Reference
   1. http://packetderm.cotse.com/cgi-bin/lookuptools Tools OffLine!
9. G E E K T O O L S Whois Proxy
10. www.SamSpade.org:
11. Look up an address in the abuse.net contact database
12. www.MagnetoSoft.com: MegaPing (Download).
13. TamoSoft, Inc.: SmartWhois (Download).
14. SoftLandMark - DNS Lookup and IP Address Tools
15. Uwhois.com: For Whois information about country-code (two-letter) top-level domains.
16. IANA Root-Zone Whois Index by TLD Code
17. Allwhois.org - whois domain name search & lookup
18. WhoIsHostingThis.com - whois domain name search & lookup
19. www.nwfusion.com - Research Domain Name System
20. Services / DNS Gateways- webreference.com
21. Domain tools - Web Building - CNET.com
22. DNS Lookup
23. AlertSite.com - The Internet Monitoring Company - Tools
24. Declude - Handles Unwanted E-mail on IMail Servers
    1. DNS Stuff
25. Whois lookup tools
26. Whois.net
27. U-Net Internet Lookup Tools
28. Demon Internet:  Internet Query Tools
29. RodentNet: ad hoc IP Tools
30. DNS tools: Tools to manage DNS
31. Web Test Tools
32. Search Tools

Dynamic DNS, DNS Solutions & Tools:

The ability to map your Domain Name to your Dynamic IP address so you can Host your own web site. Performs find-host-by-name functions, mapping Domain Names to IP's.

1. Internet Software Consortium - BIND: The BIND DNS Server
2. www.dnssoftware.com: DNS Software List
3. DNS4Me DNS Service-RhinoSoft.com
4. www.menandmice.com - DNS Solutions & QuickDNS
5. Dynamic DNS Providers List
6. www.DynDNS.org
7. DynIP - DynIP - Dynamic DNS Service
8. www.verisign-mdns.com - Managed DNS Solutions
9. www.no-ip.com
10. www.jhsoft.com - Simple DNS Plus - Windows DNS Server
11. UltraDNS Managed DNS service, DNS hosting
12. www.zoneedit.com - Dynamic Ip Address Serving: Dynamic IP FAQ

Server Software Running - Server Query:

1.  www.aldridge.com - Query a Site's Server:
2.  grc.com - ID Serve - Internet Server Identification Utility:
3.  Netcraft What's That Site Running Results:
4.  Server Query: A Free, light-weight dedicated Server Browser.
5. www.QueryServer.com: Search the Internet using the Query Server.
   1. Other BuildOrBuy Search Tools:
6. Cisco Security Advisory Cisco IOS HTTP Server Query Vulnerability: Adverse effect of Defect if exploited - Can cause Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Windows DNS:

1. Windows 2000 DNS Resource Center
2. DNS and Active Directory
3. Windows 2000 DNS White Paper: A short Overview of Windows DNS Basics.
4. 259922 - DNS Request for blackhole.isi.edu:
5. 142863 - Valid IP Addressing for a Private Network:

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