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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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Hotmail sending email to A record not MX records

I have my website hosted at one location, on a server that also accepts email, and I use Google Apps for mail as my email provider. I've had no problems in the last 18 months, and no reports of email being lost. This week however, someone using…
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Why isn't the MX record propagating after pointing a domain to Yahoo Mail Server?

I have bought a domain https://kmtc.com.sa/. The domain provider is marcaria.com. It is currently pointed to a Hostinger for the web files. The Yahoo mail server is supposed to be working with Yahoo now, pointing an MX record to the yahoo mail…
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record DKIM on IONOS makes sense?

If I am sending mail through SMTP, I understand that it is IONOS who signs those emails, right? I would like to add the DKIM header to my emails. I know that it is necessary to publish a CNAME record with the public key but if I don't use a…
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Replacing an MX record with a CNAME that doesn't match the hostname

Today we have 5 companies that all use Google for email services example1.com. 3w IN MX 10 mail.Google.com. example2.com. 3w IN MX 10 mail.Google.com. example3.com. 3w IN MX 10 …
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DNS configuration own server... where to point mx records?

I´m just configuring the dns of a new domain name which I´m going to host on my own server (which runs a mail server). My question is... where do I point the mx records on the dns panel? Thanks in advance!
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Is an MX record needed?

We have a testing server with its own domain name. We don't want any email to be sent from this domain. We don't want any email to be received on this domain. Is it ok to remove the MX record from the DNS?
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Can MX record point to second level domain (example.com), not to third level (mail.example.com)?

In all examples of setting up dns, MX records points to mail.example.com (as I understand, purpose is easily change mail server without touching main host). And even my registrar's backend doesn't allow such operation. Why I can't point MX to…
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MX Record for SubDomains

I want to be able to send email to any subdomain I like and not have to configure A records and MX records for each subdomain. Ideally I could send an email to test@a.domain.com and test@z.domain.com and not have to configure anything other than my…
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Null MX records

The IETF appears to have had a draft to specify a null mx record whereby a domain would not handle mail and mail delivery systems would fail and return a undeliverable system immediately by directing a domain's only MX record to '.' (c/f…
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If I change a nameserver but preserve the MX record will it harm email?

My client already has email setup with a provider but would like their website hosted by a different provider. Currently they just have a NS record pointed at the company that hosts their email. I used dig to grab their two MX records, otherwise…
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Multiple MX Records handling

I have an app hosted in AWS, my mail service is not on AWS, I'm using a hosting in hostgator due to pricing since I need 500+ simple mail accounts. My DNS points to my email service and it works correctly. The part I'm lost in is that I'm trying to…
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Why would email deliver normally when MX Lookup test returns "DNS Record not found"?

Background: CentOS 8, Postfix, Dovecot, Digital Ocean droplet. My mail server can send and receive emails without a problem. My DNS records include an A, AAAA and MX record for my mail server. A mail.example.com directs to 10.10.10.1 AAAA…
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Postfix: Name service error for name=domain.com type=MX: Host not found, try again

I'm stuck with a Postfix MX related problem. I've just migrated a very old Centos 5 server to v7 so I'm using postfix-2.10.1-7.el7.x86_64. I've upgraded the legacy postfix configuration (maybe the cause of this hell) and other supplementary stuff…
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Should I reject mail to test domains?

RFC6761 states about example domains (such as example.com): Application software SHOULD NOT recognize example names as special and SHOULD use example names as they would other domain names. Currently, these example domains are set up with a…
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Is an MX-record required on a domain to send emails only?

Imagine the following scenario: There is a online-shop that sends emails with noreply@shop.mydomain.com There are no MX-records for shop.mydomain.com as no mail to this domain is wanted There is a valid SPF-record for shop.mydomain.com To be sure…
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