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A DNS 'mail exchange' (MX) record directs email to a mail server. The MX record indicates how email messages should be routed in ance with the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP, the standard protocol for all email). Like CNAME records, an MX record must always point to another domain.

TXT records are a type of Domain Name System (DNS) record in text format, which contain information about your domain. TXT records also have information that helps external network servers and services handle outgoing email from your domain.

The MX-record contains the host name of the computer(s) that handle the emails for a domain and a prioritization code. Emails are routed through to the IP address which is set in the A-record of the host. The A-record (or address-record) determines which IP address belongs to a domain name.

So, to summarize, A Records point directly to IP addresses, while CNAMEs point to A Records. MX records point to mail servers and help route emails to their proper destinations.

It is suggested that a domain have at least two MXs. The server with the lowest number has the highest priority. Therefore, an MX server with a value of 2 is more important than one with a value of 15. A "0" indicates the highest possible priority.

CNAME records are typically used to map a subdomain such as or mail to the domain hosting that subdomain's content. For example, a CNAME record can map the web address .example.com to the actual web site for the domain example.com.

A DNS record is simply a database that maps human-friendly URLs to IP addresses. When someone types in a URL such as google.com, that entry is sent to an internet service provider (ISP) where it'is forwarded to the DNS servers, and then directed to the proper web server using the corresponding IP address as a label.