MX records for gmail.com
Live MX lookup for gmail.com: 5 mail hosts, run by Google Workspace / Gmail.
try:
- mail hosts
- gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com, alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com, alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com, alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com, alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
- provider
- spf record
- v=spf1 redirect=_spf.google.com
- dmarc policy
- none
- dmarc record
- v=DMARC1; p=none; sp=quarantine; rua=mailto:[email protected]
- disposable domain
- no
- free consumer provider
- yes
Mail servers for gmail.com
gmail.com publishes 5 MX records. Senders deliver to the lowest-priority host first, gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com, and fall back down the list if it does not answer.
Who runs the mail
The hosts match the pattern of Google Workspace / Gmail. Google's servers answer mailbox checks reliably: an address that does not exist is rejected during the SMTP handshake, so verdicts at this domain are usually definitive rather than catch-all.
What this means for verification
An address at gmail.com passes the free checks (syntax, MX, lists), so the API goes on to the mailbox-level SMTP handshake, which ends before any message is sent. The result is deliverable, risky, or undeliverable with a reason field that names the evidence.
More checks for gmail.com
checked 2026-09-03 · sources: live-dns 2026-09-03 · disposable-domains 2026-09-02 · free-provider-domains 2026-09-02 · mx-provider-patterns 2026-09-03
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