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PyroPixel
11-25-2008, 05:45 PM
Mail Records

So just to get this straight
typically a mail.domain.tld is an A record that the MX Record refers to?
I am new to mx records and thought I would ask.





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imlek
11-25-2008, 06:24 PM
Usually people do that.
The MX record of domain.com refer to mail.domain.com and mail.domain.com have A record referring to IP address.
Example:
domain.com IN A 123.123.123.123
domain.com IN MX 10 mail.domain.com.
mail.domain.com IN A 115.115.115.115
But you may have different setting, like:
domain.com IN A 123.123.123.123
domain.com IN MX 10 john.domain.com.john.domain.com IN A 115.115.115.115
It is up to you.





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greatandrew
11-29-2008, 04:36 PM
Just ask your domain registrar support to help setup MX records for a domain!





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