MX Lookup

Enter a domain name below and quickly check its MX records. Find details about the email servers of any domain.

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Our MX record lookup is made to help you easily find the MX records of any domain. The MX records are used to describe the email servers responsible for receiving email messages for a domain. The proper configuration of these records is necessary; otherwise, email messaging is not possible.

With our MX tool, you can quickly and easily make sure that the records are correctly added.

How Do I Run an MX Lookup Check Using the MX Checker Tool?

Here is how you can use our MX checker to find the MX records for any domain.

  1. First, open our MX lookup and click inside the input field
  2. Enter the domain name that you want to check
  3. Then, select the DNS server that you want to check the domain against
  4. After that, click on the “Check Now” button

That will initiate the MX lookup and you will be able to see all the details below.

What Details Does Our MX Record Lookup Provide?

Here is a list of the details that our MX check tool provides when you use it for an MX lookup.

  1. Name of the email server: There will be different sections made in the results, depending on the number of email servers that are configured for a domain. 
  2. IP address of the email server: This field will contain the IP address of the email server.
  3. The owner of the email server: This field will indicate the owner of the email server, such as Namecheap or Cloudflare etc.
  4. Connection status: This field shows whether a connection was established with the email server or not.
  5. AS Number: The AS (Autonomous System) number will be provided in this field.
  6. Organization: This field will display the organization name of the owner of the email server.
  7. Domain: This field will simply indicate the domain that you had initially provided to the tool.
  8. Country: This field will indicate the country in which the email server is based.
  9. Abuse contact: This section will contain different contact details that you can use to get in touch with the organization if you want to file an abuse complaint.

If there are multiple email servers set up for a domain, these details will be displayed for all of them.

Features of Our MX Record Checker

Our MX record checker has many useful features that you can enjoy.

1. Downloading option

Our MX records lookup gives you an option to download the MX records to your device. There are different formats that you can pick from. When you click on the “Download Records” button, you are provided the following options:

  • Download in Markdown
  • Download in Text form
  • Copy in Markdown
  • Copy in Text form

By downloading the MX records to your device, you can check them later any time you want without running the lookup process again.

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2. Details for Multiple Email Servers

Our MX lookup tool provides the MX record details for multiple email servers. If there are three email servers configured for your domain, our tool will provide you with all the details in full. There is no limit of one or two servers.

You can expand or collapse the details of the various servers by clicking on the arrow buttons on each header.

multiple email servers

3. Multiple DNS Servers Available

Our MX record lookup lets you check the MX records for a domain on five different DNS servers, including:

  • Google
  • Yandex
  • Quad9
  • OpenDNS
  • Cloudflare

You can select the email server you require before starting the process.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is an MX record?

The MX record or the mail exchange record is the type of DNS record set up through the hosting provider to set up the email servers for that domain.

What is the meaning of “priority” in an MX record?

The priority mentioned in an MX record refers to the order in which the various mail servers should be used for emails. For example, if an email server has 10 priorities and another one has 20, it means that the “10” priority will be given precedence for receiving emails.

Why should I use your MX lookup tool to check my domain's MX records?

You should use our MX checker to check MX records so that you can confirm that they are properly set up and configured for receiving emails. If a problem occurs in the MX records, your domain may not be able to receive incoming email.

What happens if there are no MX records configured for my domain?

If there are no MX records configured for your domain, you will not be able to receive emails.

Can a domain have multiple MX records?

Multiple MX records can be defined for the domain, each with its priority value where the lowest number is given the highest priority value. The server tries the mail server with the top priority record to deliver an email. If it fails, then it tries the mail server next in the priority record to deliver an email.

However, if different MX records have the same priority number, then one is picked randomly.

An example MX record for the domain example.com looks like the following:

Type Domain Name Priority MX TTL
MX example.com 10 mail1.example.com 3600
MX example.com 20 mail2.example.com 3600

Here,

  • MX is the record type.
  • example.com is the domain of the record.
  • 10 & 20 are the priority of the record. The lower the value, the more priority it gets.
  • mail1.example.com & mail2.example.com are the values of the record.
  • 3600 is the TTL (time to live) of the record in seconds. TTL is the time that tells the DNS resolver how long cache the DNS query before requesting a new one.