Mail.hosted

mail.hosted is a DNS record that specifies the mail server responsible for accepting and processing email messages for a domain. It is also known as the "MX record" (Mail Exchanger record).

Here's a breakdown of what mail.hosted typically looks like:

• mail is the service type, indicating that this is a mail-related record.
• hosted is the name of the mail server, which is usually a subdomain of the domain for which the email service is being provided.

For example, if a company called "example.com" uses a mail service provided by a third-party company, the mail.hosted record might look like this:

mail.hosted.example.com. IN MX 10 mx1.example.com.

This record tells the world that when someone sends an email to example.com, the mail server responsible for processing that email is mx1.example.com.

Here are some key points to note about mail.hosted records:

1. Priority: The mail.hosted record specifies the priority of the mail server. In the example above, mx1.example.com has a priority of 10, which means it's the primary mail server for example.com.
2. Target: The mail.hosted record specifies the target mail server, which is the server responsible for accepting and processing email messages.
3. Domain: The mail.hosted record is specific to a domain, so you need to create a separate record for each domain you want to use with your mail service.

In summary, mail.hosted is a crucial DNS record that helps direct email traffic to the correct mail server for a domain.