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sohu.com email servers, SPF and DMARC
Mail for @sohu.com goes to sohumx1.sohu.com (MX priority 5) and 2 backup hosts, as DNS showed on 5 November 2026. The host sits under sohu.com. The domain publishes an SPF record ending in -all and a DMARC policy of p=reject, which decide whether mail claiming to be from @sohu.com is trusted.
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sohu.com mail DNS on 5 November 2026
| Priority | MX host | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | sohumx1.sohu.com | Not identified |
| 5 | sohumx2.sohu.com | Not identified |
| 10 | sohumx.h.a.sohu.com | Not identified |
| SPF | v=spf1 include:spf.sohu.com -all |
|---|---|
| DMARC | v=DMARC1;p=reject;pct=100;fo=1;rua=mailto:[email protected];ruf=mailto:[email protected] |
| MTA-STS | None published |
| TLS reporting | None published |
Read on 5 November 2026 with dig against 1.1.1.1 (8.8.8.8 as fallback); nothing sent to the mail servers. Check the records today with the email provider lookup.
sohu.com MX records
sohu.com publishes 3 MX hosts; senders try the lowest priority number first (sohumx1.sohu.com, 5) and fall back to the others in order.
sohu.com SPF record
The record on 5 November 2026 was v=spf1 include:spf.sohu.com -all.
In plain terms, it delegates to spf.sohu.com. The top level uses 1 DNS-querying term; SPF allows 10 in total including nested includes (RFC 7208 §4.6.4).
It ends in a hard fail (-all): receivers may reject mail from any server the record does not list.
sohu.com DMARC policy
The record is v=DMARC1;p=reject;pct=100;fo=1;rua=mailto:[email protected];ruf=mailto:[email protected].
p=reject asks receivers to refuse mail that fails DMARC.
Aggregate reports go to sohu.com, so the domain's owner sees who sends mail as @sohu.com.
What that means for you: if a contact gives an @sohu.com address and you send to them, nothing changes. But never put an @sohu.com address in the From line of mail sent through your own tool or ESP. It can't pass DMARC for sohu.com, and this policy tells receivers to refuse it.
Can you verify @sohu.com addresses?
Our checker treats @sohu.com like any domain: syntax, MX, disposable and role checks first, then a made-up address to rule out a catch-all, then your address at RCPT TO, disconnecting without sending. We have not published a test of how sohumx1.sohu.com answers for @sohu.com, so we make no claim here about whether single mailboxes can be confirmed; each result carries its own reason.
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Common questions
- What are the MX records for sohu.com?
- On 5 November 2026:
sohumx1.sohu.com(priority 5),sohumx2.sohu.com(priority 5),sohumx.h.a.sohu.com(priority 10). - Does sohu.com have SPF and DMARC?
- On 5 November 2026
sohu.compublished an SPF record ending in-alland a DMARC policy ofp=reject. - Is sohu.com a disposable email domain?
- No.
sohu.comis not on the disposable domain list our checker uses, so @sohu.com addresses are checked like any other mailbox. See the disposable domain checker for the list.
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