Jul 31 2008
What are MX Records?
In Dedicated Server Hosting or actually in many forms of shared web hosting as well, oftentimes customers need to specify where and how email should be routed. MX Records do just that!
An MX record stands for Mail exchanger record and just specifies exactly how the email is routed using SMTP (or simple mail transfer protocol). Each MX record has a priority and host name – that way the entirety of the record for your domain name will point the servers to the right places.
In layman’s terms, all domains are assigned several DNS (domain name servers) records upon registration. These DNS settings allow you and others to locate the website online through the Internet. These DNS settings includes MX records. Each record points to a specific email server so that your email can be efficiently processed on that domain name.