What is a MX Record?

What is a MX Record?

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The Mail Exchanger Record is like the A’ Record a piece of information stored in the Zone File on your name server. The MX Record contains the technical information, which is needed to send and receive email. It informs the Internet which Mail Server to use and where and how email is supposed to be sent and or received. See also Mail Server.

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