Ensure your email delivery system is configured correctly. Check your domain’s MX (Mail Exchange) records in seconds using our free MX Record Checker tool.
An MX Record (Mail Exchange Record) is a record within the Domain Name System (DNS) that specifies which mail servers are permitted to receive email for your domain. These entries are vital for email delivery and routing.
This tool confirms that your email domain is configured correctly for sending and receiving mail.
Shown below is an example of MX record 10 mail.abcxyz.com
Here, '10' is the priority. The lower the number, the higher is the priority!
For example, when you enter www.abcxyz.com in your browser, the DNS looks up that name to determine the IP address of the server to which it connects. The domain name is abcxyz.com.
The 'mail.abcxyz.com' is the mail server to which the priority connects. This varies with which company is hosting your email.
A Backup MX server serves as a safety backup for your primary mail server, which might be down at times. It holds your incoming emails temporarily until the primary mail server is online again so that no messages are missed.
To ensure maximum reliability, every domain should have a backup MX record configured correctly. Our MX Record Checker allows you to ensure that your backup set up is enabled and working.
An MX record defines the mail servers responsible for handling incoming emails for your domain. Without it, emails sent to your address cannot be delivered.
Simply enter your domain into the MX Record Checker and click Check. You’ll instantly see all mail servers, their priorities, and other DNS details.
You can have multiple MX records for redundancy. The server with the lowest priority number is used first, while others act as backup servers.
It’s good practice to use the MX Record Checker after any DNS update, email migration, or hosting change to ensure proper configuration. .
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