MX records for mail.ru

Live MX lookup for mail.ru: 1 mail host, run by an unrecognised provider.

try:

Accepts mail
mail hosts
mxs.mail.ru
provider
other
spf record
v=spf1 redirect=_spf.mail.ru
dmarc policy
reject
dmarc record
v=DMARC1;p=reject;rua=mailto:[email protected];
disposable domain
no
free consumer provider
yes

Mail servers for mail.ru

DNS lists 1 mail host for mail.ru, starting with mxs.mail.ru. Lower priority values are tried first; the rest exist for failover.

Who runs the mail

The hosts match the pattern of an unrecognised provider. The mail hosts do not match a known provider pattern, so the domain is probably self-hosted or on a smaller provider. Catch-all behaviour varies from server to server, which is exactly why a mailbox-level probe, not the MX record, decides whether an address exists.

What this means for verification

For mail.ru, verification runs the whole pipeline: syntax, live MX, the open lists, and then the SMTP handshake with the mail host, with no message ever transmitted. Each verdict carries a machine-readable reason.

More checks for mail.ru

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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