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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TTL on DNS for domains as a security measure
Ever since I read this article the other day, I've felt a bit uncomfortable about my domains being stolen. And I've tried taking each measure possible. But one I don't understand completely is…
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Can I use MX Record Configuration to send one account's email to one server and a second account's email to a different server?
For example, let's say my MX Record(s) specify:
0 server1 mydomainexample.com
1 server2 mydomainexample.com
Now let's say:
me@mydomainexample.com is an account on server1
and
you@mydomainexample.com is an account on server2
Will the sender try to…
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Emails on other server, dns & mx
I must host emails on other server, my way was:
Edit DNS to my server
MX Record edit in the zone file (editing with a GUI)
If I change for example SOA serial, retry, refresh then are my changes not visible, also I can't see option where to edit…
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Is it possible to divert mail to my domain to Hotmail?
The mail server that my web host uses for the domain (say abc.com) is not reliable and I may be loosing important mail. Is it possible to divert my mail to hotmail and use hotmail to send and receive my mail while keeping my @abc.com domain name?…
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sendmail - local mail delivery if user exists, otherwise to external mail server?
i have a debian vps with webmin,
The TLD for the server has its MX pointing to a different server,
I would like it so any mail generated locally, say by the shopping cart would be relayed/forwarded onto the third party mail server,
While a few…
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What's the difference between an MX record and a `@` host record?
I am rather new to DNS, and I am not sure as to how I should transfer the hosting of a website from one server to another, as well as the email and/or without the email. I inherited the following records for the domain from the last person managing…
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How can email be redirected from a domain host without mx records to google apps?
My new domain host (Zymic) doesn't provide email and no mx records, either. Is there a way to direct the email coming in to my domain to google apps (or another domain) without mx records?
Justin
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Mail is delivered to the wrong server, do TXT records have anything to do with this?... or is it something else?
I have this "new" problem, i just rebuilt the configuration of our domain+server+hosting to new office standards.
Here is the setup
We have a myexample.com domain with a well known registrar.
A "web hosting" company, with it's own, that let's us…
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How to configure MX pointing to VPS
This is new stuff for me, so bear with me!
I already have a domain (let's say for example xyz.com). This domain is hosted on a shared environment, so there is no way for us to send aprox 30.000 emails/day from this hoster (a small one in…
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Redirecting email from from domain registrar to hosting comapny mailbox
I have the domain example.com registered with company A
I have the hosting with company B (ServerGrove)
Company A offers me simple parking, and company B offers me mailbox service. What I would like is to use the hosting company mail service.
How do…
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Unable to receive email to my own email server from outside
I am creating a mail server for my domain. I bought a domain from GoDaddy.com. Domain is crazywako.info.
I have webserver on that machine too. It is running Ubuntu 12.04 with postfix, courier-imap, and roundcube + squirrelmail.
I can receive email…
Joni Juhani Rautiainen
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Confusion of mx record and send mail from home server
Is mx record means
once anyone want to send the mail to others, they have to go to dns to register a one mx record , that is a domain name, such as hotmail .com, in this domain name will point to at least one address of the server.
So , it…
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Exchange Receiving Mail Outside Domain, without using MX
Sorry if this is crazy sounding or not feasible, just a student trying to toy with Exchange in my own lab.
I'm using ad.chigs.me as my FQDN for my Active Directory install on Windows Server 2008 R2. currently, I also use that domain for my Google…
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My email server is classed as a spammer by hotmail
I created an email server hosted at IP 65.75.241.26 with domain www.softmail.me using which I can send and receive emails from all users and I don't have problem with any other except hotmail. That my emails are moving to Junk bin of hotmail. How to…
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Recommend a mail server setup for multiple domains
I've just set up a new Debian web server which I have done plenty of times before, but I want to add a mail server which I have never done before.
I am aware of this question, but I would like someone to recommend packages and briefly explain how…
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