Use Nslookup To Test MX Record

The Nslookup is a tool to verify that your MX records are configured correctly by querying an external or Internet DNS server.

For use Nslookup to test MX Records following the steps below:

1. Click Start, in "Search programs and files..." type <cmd /k nslookup>, and press Enter.
2. In Command Prompt open window type [server <ip address>], and prees Enter.
3. Now type <set q= mx>, and press Enter.
4. Finally type <domain name>, and then press Enter.

* If the MX record for the domain you entered is show, everything is Ok

* If the MX record is no displayed, and you recive a error like this "xxx-xxxxx.domain can't find domain: No response from server. Then DNS is not configured properly.