MX records for wikipedia.org
Live MX lookup for wikipedia.org: 2 mail hosts, run by an unrecognised provider.
try:
- mail hosts
- mx-in1001.wikimedia.org, mx-in2001.wikimedia.org
- provider
- other
- spf record
- v=spf1 include:_cidrs.wikimedia.org ~all
- dmarc policy
- reject
- dmarc record
- v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:[email protected];
- disposable domain
- no
- free consumer provider
- no
Mail servers for wikipedia.org
wikipedia.org publishes 2 MX records. Senders deliver to the lowest-priority host first, mx-in1001.wikimedia.org, and fall back down the list if it does not answer.
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
An address at wikipedia.org 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 wikipedia.org
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 · rdap-registration 2026-09-03 · Top-domain list: Majestic Million, CC BY 3.0
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