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MX targets are hostnames with address records

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RFC 2181 §10.3 forbids an MX target being a CNAME. Some senders follow it anyway, others reject the domain outright — so it fails for a subset of your mail.

A longer write-up of this check has not been published yet. The report itself shows the raw evidence behind every result, which is usually the fastest way to see what was measured.

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MX targets are hostnames with address records is one of 49 checks in every report, alongside delegation, mail authentication, TLS and registration.