What Type Of Information Is Contained In A DNS Mx Record?

 



The Domain Name System (DNS) is the phonebook of the Internet. Humans access information online through domain names, as nytimes.com or espn.com. Internet programs interact through Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. DNS translates domain names to IP addresses so programs can load Internet assets. 

An MX record (Mail Exchange record) is a domain name framework (DNS) laborer record that contains information about which mail specialist the domain uses to get mail. 

An MX record can point to a mail specialist or an intermediary laborer when there is a facilitated mail filtering measure in place. In an on-premises organization, the administrator can also point MX records to a firewall that uses internal forwarding rules to redirect inbound messages to an edge transport specialist handling an Internet-facing mail stream or an Exchange mailbox laborer. 



What type of information is contained in a DNS MX record? 

  • the FQDN of the alias used to distinguish an assistance 

  • the IP address for an FQDN segment 

  • the domain name mapped to mail exchange laborers 

  • the IP address of an authoritative name specialist

Which DNS records are available?

DNS records available for domains hosted by One.com:

  • A-records

  • AAAA-records

  • CNAME

  • TXT records

  • with the option to add SPF data

  • SRV records

  • TLSA-records

  • SSHFP records

  • MX records

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