MX records configured

Severity: Critical

MX records determine where email for your domain is delivered. Without proper MX records, you cannot receive email and sending reputation suffers.

Check automatically:

1. Query MX records for each domain in inventory:

# Root domain
dig MX example.com +short

# Subdomains (if they receive email)
dig MX mail.example.com +short

2. Verify MX hosts resolve:

# For each MX host returned
dig A mx1.example-provider.com +short

3. Verify MX hosts are reachable on SMTP port:

# Test SMTP port connectivity (timeout 5 seconds)
nc -zv mx1.example-provider.com 25 -w 5

4. With Cloudflare API (preferred):

# List all MX records in zone
curl -X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dns_records?type=MX" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CF_API_TOKEN" | jq '.result[] | {name, content, priority}'

Ask user:

• "What domains should have email infrastructure?" (build inventory)
• "What mail provider do you use?" (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, etc.)

Pass criteria:

• At least one MX record exists for each domain that receives email
• MX hosts resolve to IP addresses
• MX hosts are reachable on port 25
• Priority ordering makes sense (lower number = higher priority)

Fail criteria:

• No MX records for a domain that should receive email
• MX hosts don't resolve (NXDOMAIN)
• MX hosts unreachable on port 25

Evidence to capture:

• Domain inventory (root + subdomains)
• MX records per domain
• Mail provider identified
• Reachability status for each MX host

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