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Using terminal and dig to check your DNS records

Recently I had an error with a domain smtp server not recognising port 587.  To begin to test what was happening I wanted to get some key information about the server.  My tool of choice was the dig command.  Using the dig command:

vi(m) command mode

In Vim, following is an outline of the vi(m) functions you can utilise whilst in command mode - yes they are case sensitive

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