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Re: [cobalt-users] External server MX records



On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, Render-Vue wrote:

> The mx details are as follows...
> 
> mx1.3rdparty.com
> mx2.3rdparty.com
> 
> Now I've gone to the GUI's DNS and tried to add 2 seperate mx records as
> follows...
> 
> host name.. left blank
> domain name.. customer_domain.com
> mail server... 3rdparty.com
> delivery.. high

almost....try the entire name of the mail server , eg mx1.3rdparty.com

you may also want to add a pair for host name='www',... , that will
prevent certain loops...(Guessing what machine you have;)

Remember to tell the machine NOT to accept email for that domain ;)
(Unless you want to use it as a low priorrity backup, but that's a whole
different project ;)

gsh