What are MX records?

What are MX records?

MX stands for 'mail exchanger'.

It tells a 'sending' mail server how to find the 'receiving' mail server, given in order of priority, where the lower numbers are given higher priority. The MX records for VISYOO are 'mx.stackmail.com'.

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