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There are a number of ways to verify your capability to properly query AOL's DNS record, which is an essential part of being able to send us email. The following procedure should work under a variety of operating systems, including Windows, UNIX and Linux.Do not replace "aol.com" with your own domain, as the purpose of this test is to verify you can resolve aol.com's MX records!
From a Command prompt, type:
nslookup -q=mx aol.com
This command searches for the domain names and IP numbers belonging to the aol.com receiving mail servers. These are referred to as MX records. AOL's MX records are mailin-[01-04].mx.aol.com.
Information similar to the following should appear:
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