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220-1002 · Question #58

Which of the following is MOST likely a server with an associated MX record?

The correct answer is D. Mail server. An MX (Mail Exchange) DNS record specifies the mail server responsible for accepting email messages on behalf of a domain. When someone sends an email to [email protected], the sending server performs a DNS lookup for the MX record of example.com to find where to deliver the messa

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Question

Which of the following is MOST likely a server with an associated MX record?

Options

  • APrint server
  • BWeb server
  • CFile server
  • DMail server

How the community answered

(55 responses)
  • A
    7% (4)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    87% (48)

Explanation

An MX (Mail Exchange) DNS record specifies the mail server responsible for accepting email messages on behalf of a domain. When someone sends an email to [email protected], the sending server performs a DNS lookup for the MX record of example.com to find where to deliver the message. Print servers, web servers, and file servers use other DNS record types (such as A or CNAME records) and have no association with MX records. MX records exclusively pertain to email routing.

Topics

#MX record#DNS records#mail server#email infrastructure

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