RE: [cobalt-users] DNS & MX records

[Ruddee Harris <sys.admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Make a record in the domain's DNS for the mail server:

mail            IN      A       nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn

then set this mail server as their main MX server


At 06:46 AM 1/9/01 +1100, you wrote:
> > I will be hosting a domain on my RaQ for which they have a mail server on
> > their network. The current host provider has an MX record setup to go to
> > their mail server (which is at a different IP address than me,
> > obviously....). Anybody know how to setup the DNS on the RaQ to handle
> > this - in other words, I get everything but the email, which goes to their
> > IP? I know I essentially have to setup an MX record that points
> > to the IP of
> > their server, but don't know how to do this on the RaQ.
>
> If you
> setup an A record say mail.domain.com pointing to their ip
> then setup your mx to point to mail.domain.com
>
> Jim Carey
> www.OZbcoz.com
>
>
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