02-14-2010
How to set DNS lookup type for getaddrinfo()?
Hi there,
I'm trying to do an MX type lookup using getaddrinfo(), but I can't work out how to change the lookup type to MX from the standard A - can anybody tell me how to do this?
Thanks very much
John G
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