MX Lookup

Find mail servers (MX records) and their priority for any domain.

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Enter a target value above or click any sample preset chip to generate real-time diagnostic output.

About the MX Lookup Tool

The MX Lookup tool returns the mail exchange servers responsible for accepting email for a domain, along with their priority values. Every domain that receives email publishes one or more MX records at its DNS. When another mail server wants to deliver a message to `user@yourdomain.com`, it looks up the MX record, sorts by priority (lower number = higher priority) and connects to the first reachable host on port 25.

MX Lookup is the fastest way to confirm which mail platform actually handles a domain — Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho, Fastmail, Proton Mail, a self-hosted Postfix, or a spam-filtering gateway such as Mimecast, Proofpoint or Barracuda. When users complain that email isn't arriving, an MX check usually surfaces the problem in seconds: wrong host, missing failover MX, MX pointing at an A record instead of a hostname, or CNAME pointed where an MX should be.

Combined with our SPF, DKIM, DMARC and BIMI checkers, MX Lookup gives you a complete picture of a domain's email posture — inbound routing, outbound authentication and brand indicators. If you're onboarding a new tenant, migrating between providers or debugging a bounce, start here.

How to use this tool
1

Enter the required value in the input field above (domain, IP, URL, or text depending on the tool).

2

Click the action button to run the check — results are computed instantly from our edge network.

3

Review the parsed output, key fields and any warnings shown in the result card.

4

Copy the result, share the page URL, or jump to a related tool from the sidebar to continue debugging.

Key features
  • All MX records with priority values, sorted
  • Detects common misconfigurations (CNAME at MX, priority ties)
  • Confirms mail platform (Google, Microsoft 365, spam filter etc.)
  • Pairs with SPF, DKIM, DMARC checkers for full email audit
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Frequently asked questions

An MX (Mail Exchange) record is a DNS record that tells sending mail servers where to deliver email for a domain. Every domain that receives email needs at least one MX record.