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The MX record is a type of resource record in the Domain Name System that specifies a mail server responsible for accepting email messages on behalf of a recipient's domain.

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Can I have an MX record for a 3rd level domain?

I have mail working for continuumconcepts.com right now. My mx records point to my assigned google postini servers. Works great. I have another server out in the wild that is completely disconnected from this network, and I have named it…
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Can I have separate IP for A record & MX record

I have abc.tv site which is configured on a.a.a.a IP and my mailing solution(test@abc.tv) which I want to configured on y.y.y.y IP address. Is is possible to have separate IPs fo my A record & MX record as below? Domain name - abc.tv A Record -…
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Why do I see so many domains from businesses without MX records?

I'm doing internet servers for like 30 years now. The last three years I went back into operations and working with all the new infrastructure wonders. Feels really great. From time to time I am doing work on our mailserver that is used as a relay…
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Issue Creating Two MX Records with Different Priority Using Google Domains

How do I add another MX record to Google Domains that uses a lower priority? When I try to add the lower priority MX record it gives me this error, "Record already in use". I followed Google's instruction here,
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MX record point to itself, possible?

Lets say I have the following DNS active for domain example.com (leaving out priority and ttl) example.com A 123.45.67.89 mx.example.com A 123.45.67.89 example.com MX mx.example.com Now, this is a valid DNS record. If I were to add…
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How to point MX record to my VPS

I own a domain and I host a website on github pages. My A record points to github. I'd like to host mail on a VPS (which only has an IP address), but apparently, I cannot use an IP address as an MX record. How should I proceed?
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Will an MX record "follow" a CNAME record?

I have a situation I'm trying to work through that I'm not entirely sure how to solve. Here's the situation: I have a domain, let's say sub.otherdomain.com, that I want to set up e-mail addresses on, and additionally set up an A record on. I don't…
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How to resolve SPF configuration to allow Google sending mails?

we are configuring DNS for a GMail service, the MX records are configured as to Google says, however, in the DNS check, there is a warning: SPF must allow Google to send mail on behalf of the domain My questions: Why is the SPF record for GMail a…
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Wildcard for A and MX records possible?

I'm building an app where each customer can have their own subdomain. For this example, he setup his subdomain to be: whisky I created a wildcard subdomain in my DNS: *.myapp.example A 192.0.2.123 So when he accesses my webapp, he would use the URL:…
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How do I set up my MX records to properly forward mail to my Gmail account?

So I have to confess that I'm not a network admin so my knowledge of DNS is very limited, and I think I've screwed something up. I own a domain--let's call it mydomain.com. I had my hosting provider set it up so that gordon@mydomain.com forwards to…
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Base64 encoded MX records in TXT records

A lot of domains hosted by Namecheap contain strange DNS TXT records that appear to be base64 encoded, that when decoded look like a weird kind of MX record - having the structure of both a priority and then a domain. What are these for? There does…
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How do I setup a secondary incoming mail server?

I currently have a server running Debian 6, with postfix and dovecot handling email. This server hosts email for a number of domains and users, so I use MySQL as my backing store for users and forwardings and everything related. Currently, this…
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How do I set my MX records such that mail to my domain goes one place, and mail to all subdomains goes elsewhere?

I have a domain name example.com, for which I'd like mail to be routed to different servers depending on the circumstances. Mail sent to an @example.com address should go to the server mail.server1.com, and mail to any subdomain @*.example.com…
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Setting MX records with Registrar vs. Nameserver Host

I'm a bit confused about what has happened with one of my client's email accounts. My client registered a domain at dotster.com. She wanted to start using email for that domain before we had her website up, so I set her up through Google Apps mail,…
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Do I need SPF, and how do I set it up?

I've read that SPF is a way to ensure that spam sent in my name is evidently fake, and I'd like to use that. How do I set up SPF? Or is it already in effect? I have two domains hosted on Dreamhost.com, and I use Google Apps to read mail on both…
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