DNS Lookup Examples · Example 9 of 13 in Record Types
SRV Record of a Service
The SRV record of _imaps._tcp.gmail.com: the host and port of Gmail's IMAP service.
Asks for the SRV record of _imaps._tcp.gmail.com.
An SRV record points a service (here IMAP over TLS, _imaps._tcp) to a host and port. The value 5 0 993 imap.gmail.com. reads priority 5, weight 0, port 993, target imap.gmail.com.. Names that start with an underscore are accepted in domain.