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On the web, you can use <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mxtoolbox.com/">mxtoolbox.com</a>. On Linux, you can check using <code>dig</code>, and ensuring that the rightmost column in the <code>ANSWER SECTION</code> is a domain name and not an IP address. For example, gmail.com is OK here:</li></ul> <pre>$ dig gmail.com mx ; <<>> DiG 9.6.2-P1-RedHat-9.6.2-2.P1.fc11 <<>> gmail.com mx ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 51836 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;gmail.com. 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