API to get current mail exchanger routing type

[swbrains]

I am looking for an API function to retrieve the current mail exchanger routing type (local/remote/auto). I can successfully set it using the set_always_accept API call, but I can't find a way to retrieve the current setting.

I found the function get_user_information , and while it's returned data description includes a hash called "mxcheck" which should contain the current mail routing type for each domain, "mxcheck" is not included anywhere in the main hash that is returned. I dump the main hash returned from the call using Perl's Data::Dumper, and could not locate any property called "mxcheck", or any property that seemed to contain the local/remote/auto setting that I'm looking for.

Is there some other way to determine the current setting for the mail exchanger routing type for a domain?

Thanks!

 

[ServerHealers]

The API is currently not returning mxcheck parameter, so it might be removed from that API I think. Another option is to retrieve it using below command:

grep -l "^DOMAIN$" /etc/{localdomains,remotedomains}

Replace DOMAIN with your actual domain name.

If this returns /etc/localdomains - then the domain is set to Local routing
If this returns /etc/remotedomains - then the domain is set to Remote routing.

 

[swbrains]

I checked in the /etc directory but I don't have a localdomains or a remotedomains file or folder, even after I set the account to "local" or "remote" exchanger type.

 

[swbrains]

Ok, it looks like you're referring to the root's /etc folder, whereas I was looking at the account's /etc folder. Unfortunately, I need to determine the exchanger type from a script running under a user's account, so the script won't have access to the root's /etc folder.

 

[ServerHealers]

Unfortunately, I don't think there is a way to determine this as a normal user at this stage. You would need root level access to the server to crawl up through those files I mentioned earlier.

 

[swbrains]

Thanks -- I've submitted a feature request for a local account to be able to retrieve their current mail exchanger type via the API:

https://features.cpanel.net/topic/22590-provide-an-api-call-to-retrieve-the-current-mail-exchanger-type-remotelocalauto

 

[ServerHealers]

Great! If you could share the link to your feature request in this thread then it would be helpful for others to upvote on it easily.

 

[swbrains]

I've updated my previous message with the link.