How to do a mx lookup in win 7

Sometimes we need to know whether our mx records are configured correctly.

How to do it in Win 7?

Here are the step:
Go to start button, All Program
Go to accessories menu
Click on Command Prompt

command prompt menu in win 7

command prompt window

After the Command Prompt window appear, do this:
type: "nslookup" and press enter
type: "set type=mx" and press enter
type "the domain name which you want to check its mx configuration"
command prompt nslookup exe

command prompt nslookup exe set type mx domain

All done, and you will see the result

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