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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how to have domain without www and MX records work together?
I think i have a common problem but wasn't able to find much resources for answering it. We have a domain and it works when we resolve it as www.domain.com, i have also setup a MX record pointing @ to mx.mailserver.com, this ensures that emails send…
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Setting up Google mail server on custom domain
I'd like to use Gmail for Work for my own domain and I have troubles setting it up.
So, before that in my DNS config I had an "A" record (mail.example.com), pointing to the email server I used. Now, to use Gmail for Work, it is required to add a few…
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Forward non-hosted .de email addresses to hosted .com
I have a domain with associated web and email hosting package ( let me call it mydomain.com ). I also have a second domain ( mydomain.de ), this one doesn't have email hosting. I would like to make sure that if anybody mistakenly sends an email to…
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Determining the old MX record
Our sysadmin created our mailserver years ago before he left. We recently decided to use gmail as our mail app and they required us to change the MX record to point to them on amazon route 53 app. I need to determine the old MX record we had. It's…
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Removing non-0 priority MX records
I have MX records set up as such:
0: domain.com (runs of the webhost, really bad)
1: GOOGLE
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google
I somehow accidentally added the Google Apps mx servers, btu didn't change the priority 0 record.
Now weird stuff is happening. Most mail goes to…
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Hosting email on Gmail, good idea or not?
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I am currently hosting mine and all of my clients emails on my Linux server. However, in the past, despite having passwords that no human could possibly remember, let alone guess/hack, one of my email accounts has been hacked…
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pointing different records to a CNAME record
I am trying to figure out the following and want to know "why" this is or is not possible.
May an MX record “point to” a CNAME record?
May a CNAME record “point to” a CNAME record?
May an A record “point to” a CNAME record?
May a PTR record “point…
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MX record on a VPS
I'm running a VPS on OVH (vps403xxx.ovh.net) from which I send emails.
Problem is Spamassassin tells me I should publish a DNS (MX) entry for vps403xxx.ovh.net or my messages go to spam.
I know how to publish a MX record on OVH for usual domains,…
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Using CNAME record as MX record (kind of)
I'm using the mailgun service and it asks me to setup mxa.mailgun.org and mxb.mailgun.org on my domain, which is fine but I want to use something different on a secondary domain to mask that it's using mailgun.
Is this scenario…
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Is it possible to have multiple A records for mail pointing to same IP Address?
I was wondering whether we can point to same IP address for multiple A mail records.
Two days ago, I bought a domain (test1.com) and a dedicated server to host SmarterMail, let's say the server's IP address is 172.12.12.5.
I have pointed an A record…
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What is the minimum requirements to receive mail for a specific domain?
I think it is:
A MTA - Mail transfer Agent software on the server
A MX record, a DNS record specifying which server receives mail for this domain.
This would deliver mail to a file on the server for example:
/var/mail/my-domain.com/username
Are…
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What is the best way to setup email hosting on different server
we want to use server "xyz" for emails and meanwhile keep the site on server "abc"
we have entered both name server records into godaddy.
ns1.abc.com
ns2.abc.com
ns1.xyz.com
ns2.xyz.com
In server "abc" cPanel (procedure-abc)
Set Email routing to…
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VPS Email Setup - Can send but can't receive
Set my first VPS up yesterday and brought a domain name from 123-reg and got the domain working properly.
However today I set up an email account via cPanel. The email account can send out emails but can't receive any.
What changes need to be made…
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MX does not work, after setup CNAME
I have the following configuration in the DNS server (1-configuration):
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Host name | IP address/URL | Record Type | MX Pref |…
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Postfix and multidomain
I'm trying to setup postfix to use multi-domains mail.
Right now, I can send mails to user@ns3289160.ip-5-135-180.eu, but sending mails to user@domain2.com isn't working: I receive the following email while trying to send emails to this…
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