thefreedictionary.com
The domain thefreedictionary.com answers at IP address 188.114.97.3. That address belongs to CloudFlare, Inc., based in Canada. The domain DNS is managed by Cloudflare, which decides where each subdomain points. Mail for thefreedictionary.com goes through 1 servers; the highest priority one is mail2.thefreedictionary.com. It also publishes 5 TXT records, used to verify domain ownership with external services and to configure mail security through SPF, DKIM and DMARC.
A A records
- 188.114.97.3 300s
- 188.114.96.3 300s
AAAA AAAA records
- 2a06:98c1:3121::3 300s
- 2a06:98c1:3120::3 300s
MX MX records
- 1 mail2.thefreedictionary.com 10537s
NS NS records
- jim.ns.cloudflare.com 21600s
- shaz.ns.cloudflare.com 21600s
TXT TXT records
- google-site-verification=GIE81GFdDS7gUcnbAtZz_9kRgIaIKCiP3Z6DZSIleS4 21600s
- google-site-verification=ekNJvoJc33Y59IaIzHnxg8jqkpy7gagzOFAtpRvjDYg 21600s
- v=spf1 mx ip4:108.181.102.70 include:_spf.google.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com ~all 21600s
- MS=ms37413283 21600s
- google-site-verification=o-_oSSBxEdbRRUlAfnrMl8Wsi2G-T2jZu4FiggEbJf4 21600s
SOA SOA records
- jim.ns.cloudflare.com 1800s
What each record means
- A and AAAA: the server IP address, in IPv4 and IPv6.
- MX: the servers that receive the domain mail. The number is the priority; the lowest is tried first.
- NS: the name servers, which have the final say over the domain DNS.
- TXT: free text. Mostly used for SPF, DKIM and DMARC, and to verify ownership with third parties.
- TTL: how many seconds the record may be cached before asking again.
Checked 3 hours ago.