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DNS Lookup

Look up the DNS records a domain publishes right now — A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, CAA and SOA — each with the TTL that says how long resolvers may cache it.

Try an example:
STEP 01

Enter a domain

Any registered name — the lookup asks the live domain name system, not a cache of ours.

STEP 02

Filter by record type

Jump to the MX, TXT or NS set instead of scrolling a full zone dump.

STEP 03

Read the TTLs

Each record carries the time a resolver may cache it before asking again.

Not sure where to start? Run a real lookup and see the full record layout.

Record types you will see

A / AAAA

The addresses a name resolves to. A holds an IPv4 address, AAAA holds an IPv6 address; a domain may publish either or both.

MX

Mail exchangers — the hosts that accept mail for the domain, each with a preference number where lower is tried first.

NS / SOA

The nameservers delegated for the zone, and the SOA record carrying the zone's serial and timing values.

TXT / CAA / CNAME

TXT carries verification and mail policy strings, CAA names the certificate authorities allowed to issue, CNAME points one name at another.

TTL

Time to live, in seconds — how long a resolver may cache a DNS record before it needs to refresh the answer. It explains why a change is not visible everywhere at once.

Want to keep watching DNS changes?

DNS Lookup shows the records returned now. Domain Monitor is the account-based feature that alerts you when a nameserver, record or certificate changes.

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What a DNS lookup shows you

A DNS record lookup asks the domain name system what a name currently resolves to. It is how you confirm that a site points at the right address, that mail is routed to the intended servers, and that verification strings a provider asked you to publish are actually visible.

Why two lookups can disagree

Each resolver keeps its own cached copy of an answer until that record's TTL elapses, so two resolvers can return different results for the same name at the same moment. If a record you just edited is missing, the cached previous answer and its TTL are usually the explanation — wait out the TTL before assuming the change failed.

An empty type is not an error

Most domains publish only a few record types. A CAA or AAAA lookup returning nothing simply means the domain does not publish that type — distinct from a lookup that fails because the domain does not resolve at all. If nothing resolves, check the registration itself with WHOIS / RDAP, or confirm the name is even registered with the domain checker.

DomainsMesh is an independent tool. DNS results reflect the records returned for a domain at the time of the lookup and may be cached by intermediate resolvers.

DNS lookup questions

What is a DNS lookup?

A query that asks the domain name system which records are returned for a domain — addresses, mail servers, nameservers and text records.

Which record types can I see?

This tool covers the commonly published types: A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT, CAA and SOA. Not every domain publishes all of them.

What does TTL mean?

Time to live, in seconds — how long a resolver may cache a DNS record before it needs to refresh the answer.

What is the difference between A and AAAA?

Both point a name at an address. A records hold IPv4 addresses; AAAA records hold IPv6 addresses. A domain may publish either or both.

What do MX records do?

They name the hosts that accept mail for a domain. Each carries a preference number, and lower numbers are tried first.

Do I need an account?

No. DNS Lookup is one of the free public DomainsMesh tools, alongside Domain Checker and WHOIS / RDAP.