Using DNS in python to query type MX

[Benny the Guard]

Anyone know if python has a module to issue a query similar to:

dig <domain> MX

To discover server names? Rather not use 3rd party modules since this needs to run on a bunch of machines, thus one more dependency is difficult to accomodate. Thanks!

[jlm699]

You mean just execute a linux command line command? Or are you asking if Python has a built-in module that would give you the same functionality cross-platform??

For the former:
[code=python]
import os
os.system( 'dig <domain> MX' )
## OR alternately
os.popen( 'dig <domain> MX' )
[/code]

for the latter, I'm not so sure that Python has that functionality inherently. This would more than likely have to come from an external module.