RE: [cobalt-users] how do i set up mail settings on the raq3?

[Rodolfo Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > there are 3 things i want to set up on my raq,
> > firstly i want my incoming mail server to be pop3.mydomain.com
>
> Enter an 'A' record for pop3.mydomain.com
> Enter an 'MX' record for pop3.mydomain.com
>
> > next can i havemy outgoing mail mail server to be smtp.mydomain.com
> > both of which are currently just mydomain.com
>
> Enter an 'A' record for smtp.mydomain.com
> Enter an 'MX' record for smtp.mydomain.com

Huh? Gerald, why two MX records? In his case, only one for
smtp.domain.com would make sense, right?

I use two MX records this way:

domain.com   High-Priority   smtp.domain.com
domain.com    Low-Priority   backup.domain.com

backup.domain.com is an SMTP server at my home (on a totally different
network) so that when (not if, when) the !$#! hits the fan at the NOC,
all mail will be instead received by backup.domain.com and queued until
the primary server is up again. Note that this is also a good thing to
do with DNS.

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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>