MX

wikipedia:MX

Example commands:

host -t mx DOMAIN_NAME.COM

dig wikimedia.org MX @ns0.wikimedia.org
dig -t MX wikimedia.org

Related terms

• DNS Certification Authority Authorization (CAA)
• TXT
• Zoho Mail

Activities

• Read https://serverfault.com/a/470651

See also

• CNAME, A, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME cloaking
• Mail, SPF, DMARC, MX, DKIM, ARC, Email Authentication, Email spoofing, Sender ID
• Mail, SMTP, submission, SMTPS, POP, IMAP, StartTLS, Exim, Postfix, IRedMail, Fail2ban, Dovecot, Roundcube, DKIM, SPF, DMARC, MX, ssmtp, mailx, Swaks
• DNS: Linux DNS, IP, systemd-resolve, /etc/hosts, whois, Domain registrar, dig, host, nslookup, scutil --dns dnsmasq, bind, delv, .local, .internal, .onion, FQDN, TTL, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/systemd/resolved.conf, dscacheutil (macOS), hostname, hostnamectl, bind, resolvectl status, DNS sinkhole, Domain name server, LLMNR, Resource records:MX, TXT, NS, CAA, SSHFP, Apex, CNAME, Wildcard DNS records, Subdomain, /etc/nsswitch.conf, 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8, CoreDNS, dnsPolicy:, Google Public DNS, DNS caches, Kubernetes ExternalDNS, DNS forwarding, IDNA2008, DNS-1035, Domain name registrars, Split-view DNS, Pi-hole, NextDNS