Some TCP/IP networks support the use of MX (mail forwarding) records and some do not. Some TCP/IP channel programs can be configured not to use MX records if they are not provided by the network that the IMTA system is connected to. randommx specifies that MX lookups should be done and MX record values of equal precedence should be processed in random order. nonrandommx specifies that MX lookups should be done and MX values of equal precedence should be processed in the same order in which they were received.
The mx keyword is currently equivalent to nonrandommx; it may change to be equivalent to randommx in a future release. The nomx keyword disables MX lookups. The defaultmx keyword specifies that mx should be used if the network says that MX records are supported. defaultmx is the default on channels that support MX lookups in any form.