Re: [cobalt-users] MX Record Change on RaQ2

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:13 PM 3/9/00 -0500, you wrote:

> I want all mail for one of my domains to be forwarded to another mail
> server. I have the ip address of the mail server, but do not know where to
> change it.  I have learned from my studies that it has something to do with
> changing the MX record for the domain, but that's about all I know.  Can
> some one tell me specifically which file needs to be changed and where it is
> located?

Easy way:  change the MX record you've now got for the domain to point to 
whatever other system you wish to handle the mail.

Be sure to tell the other system to handle mail for this domain.

More robust solution; set up the RaQ2 with an additional MX record for the 
domain, with a higher priority, resolving to the mail server you wish to 
handle mail for the domain.  Be sure to tell the other system you wish to 
handle the mail.

> Also, is this change immediate, or does it require stopping and restarting
> the server?

You need to stop and restart the DNS server.  If you're using the gui 
interface, you just click to update DNS and it will restart the 
server.  Otherwise you need to do it manually.

Jeff

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Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>