On 2013-04-14 09:40, Ned Deily wrote: > DNS client lookups use published, well-understood > Internet-standard protocols, not at all like talking to a > third-party database, be it open-source or not.
That said, even though DNS is a publicly documented standard, I've reached for DNS code in the Python stdlib on multiple occasions (usually to try and snag the MX record for a customer, so smtplib can send stuff to it), and get disappointed each time. I'd really love if there was a simple DNS-lookup module available in the stdlib, especially if it allowed overriding the server to ask. I mean...POP, IMAP and SMTP are all publicly documented standards that Python makes easily accessible. DNS would be a good addition. -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
