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What is MXToolbox?

MxToolbox is the leading provider of free Blacklist, DNS and Email tools and paid Email Delivery solutions. MxToolbox has almost two decades of experience in helping companies large and small improve their email delivery. MxToolbox Delivery Center is your comprehensive service for understanding email that has been sent "From" your domain. MxToolbox provides you with information on: - Who is sending email purporting to be from your domain - What is the reputation of your senders' IPs - Where your campaigns are likely to land - Inbox, Spam or Junk folders - What complaints your recipients are making to their Inbox Providers - Geolocation of your senders and What their blacklist reputations are - How your SPF, DKIM and DMARC setup is performing - What senders are failing DKIM - What senders are failing SPF verification - When to setup more restrictive policies for DMARC - What on-going maintenance you need to maintain and improve your email deliverability Delivery Center enables you to monitor email delivery information unlike any other. Improve your deliverability today!

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Product Description

MXToolbox is an online MX record and all inclusive DNS tool and so you can troubleshoot everything from one place.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

MxToolbox is one of the oldest and most trusted resources for Email Deliverability in the world. Founded as a way to give legitimate email senders insight into their Blacklist status, MxToolbox developed a reputation as Experts in Email Delivery. Our customers get access to the expert-created, best-on-class email management and configuration tools and access to our unrivalled team of experienced email specialists. MxToolbox products balance providing user-actionable insight and incredible service. MxToolbox is on the forefront of email delivery technologies: Blacklisting, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI, Inbox Placement, Feedback Loops and much more...


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Year Founded
2003
HQ Location
Austin, TX
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@MXToolBox
1,958 Twitter followers
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14 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

MXToolbox.com is a comprehensive online resource for network administrators and IT professionals needing to diagnose and resolve various mail server, network, and domain issues. The website offers a wide array of free, quick, and easy-to-use network diagnostic and lookup tools that facilitate tasks such as checking the status of domain mail servers, analyzing headers to trace the source of emails, and validating server configurations.Their toolkit includes features like MX Record Lookup, Blacklist Check, Diagnostics tools, DNS Lookup, and SPF, DKIM, and DMARC record verification, among others. MXToolbox is particularly valuable for monitoring and troubleshooting email delivery issues, ensuring that email services run smoothly and efficiently by identifying problems related to blacklisting, downtime, or misconfiguration.MXToolbox also provides premium services for businesses needing advanced monitoring capabilities, enhanced support, and detailed reporting features, making it a vital asset for maintaining optimal operation of email services and network infrastructure.


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Matt C.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great use - insightful information"
It identifies all of the behind the scenes information about my domain, DNS, etc. There is no need to install anything...and it is free.
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Nitin R.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Makes email management easy"
-Affordable pricing -Setting up is very easy -Useful dashboards -Makes email reputation checks easier
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Divi N.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Fantastic tool for looking up mx records"
-Gives complete details of MX records - Has feature called Blacklist Check that helps greatly with domain reputaion and finding blacklist -Gives ...

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MC
Maintenance Supervisor
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about MXToolbox?

It identifies all of the behind the scenes information about my domain, DNS, etc. There is no need to install anything...and it is free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MXToolbox?

The pay version is needed to get really deep into anything else Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MXToolbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps the organization keep our e-mails flowing properly. We can ID issues that arise when we get error notices from our email system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DN
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about MXToolbox?

-Gives complete details of MX records

- Has feature called Blacklist Check that helps greatly with domain reputaion and finding blacklist

-Gives thorough details of email provider as well

-Can help diagnose mail deliver problems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MXToolbox?

-Should have more features for domain reputaion improvment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MXToolbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have using MXToolbox for managing my client's news letter, marketing emails etc. It works like a charm everytime and helps in identfying potential issues with domain, email delivery and reputaion. it also helps with SPF, DMARC verification which can be very helpful for authenticity of an email. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about MXToolbox?

-Affordable pricing

-Setting up is very easy

-Useful dashboards

-Makes email reputation checks easier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MXToolbox?

-This tool covers everything required for email management, there is nothing to dislike about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MXToolbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used this tool for domain reputation checking for phising mail analysis also I am using this for some of my projects to check mail deliverability and reputation of the domain to make sure the domain is not being blacklisted due to sending loads of emails. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JS
IT Engineer L3
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about MXToolbox?

I get my DNS records verified in few seconds. I love the tool because it updates so quick like in a fraction of blinking of my eye.

I am able to confirm SMTP Tests for my emails connected to domain.

MXTOOLBOX is totally a free feature and it should become paid as I am sure many people use this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MXToolbox?

Nothing as of now.

But if they can fix a glitch of who is the domain owner thing.

Sometimes I find the name of owner is wrong on MXTOOLBOX and I feel this is the only thing needs change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MXToolbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

MXTOOLBOX helps me every single day.

Email deliveries test, Domain information, DNS records verification and much more.

The best about this tool is free of cost which is unbelievable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DF
Mgr, System
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about MXToolbox?

It is great for DNS Lookups as well as email server settings amongst other services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MXToolbox?

It would be cool if you could send a test email from the site and / or receive a test email to a temporary addreess. DSNSEC would be a nice addition as well as a more streamlined interface for the seperate tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MXToolbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

It makes it much easier for me to get to the root cause oof a particular issue, provides good details on lookups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CJ
Information Technology Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about MXToolbox?

ease of maintenance, easy implementation, ease of use,many features and has a high frequency of use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MXToolbox?

The user interface has hardly changed ever since the inception of the tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MXToolbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

Blacklisting records identification, security ertification Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BB
Technical Support Engineer II
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about MXToolbox?

The best tool to check spf records, website blacklist or blocklist which helps in my current position. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MXToolbox?

The UI is basic and search functionality is not accurate, sometimes even if you select a specific function to search it will redirect to the default one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MXToolbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

Tracking spf records helps in checking our internal system for mailgun. Websites which are blacklisted or in blocklist. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DA
System Administrator
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about MXToolbox?

It has great free tier tools for investigating many things like dns records, dmarc, spf, Whois, Mx and more..

It also has paid tier to monitor and manage your assets and get alerts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MXToolbox?

I would have loved if there was a free tier that can remember my main assets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MXToolbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is my go to place to investigate IPs, domains, dns records. Very simple and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FK
System Lead
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about MXToolbox?

MX record features, Ease of Use, Ease of Implementation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MXToolbox?

Nothing as such. I like all features mapped under MX toolbox page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MXToolbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

DMARC, DNS reverse lookup & etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about MXToolbox?

MXToolBox is suitable for Blacklists, DMARC, Diagnostics, Email Health, and DNS Lookup checks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about MXToolbox?

For a free tool, I'd say MXToolBox is pretty top-notch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is MXToolbox solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used MXToolBox for DNS look-ups and blacklist checks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.