Re: [cobalt-users] Problem with MX record not pointing to outside Email server

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 26 March 2002 02:53 pm, Jody Brewster wrote:
> I'm trying to setup the mx record to point to an email server at another
> location.  They 're not receiving the emails, and they already have email
> address on our server.  I'm thinking that maybe the email accounts already
> exsisting on our server are causing the problems but wouldn't pointing the

You need to stop your server from receiving email for that doamain.

> mx record to the new IP solve the problem?  And is the configuration below
> correct?

I can't tell which is your server and which is the email server.
You should not have ANY records for the remote email server
Just an MX record.

>
> test.com      209.1.218.1
> pop.test.com      66.1.44.1
> www.coloreflections.com      209.1.218.1
> 209.1.218.1/24      test.com
> 66.1.44.1/24      pop.test.com
> 209.1.218.1/24      www.coloreflections.com
> MX : test.com    pop.test.com
>

do you have email turned off for the RaQ.
Or at least do not select receive email for this domain.

-- 
Gerald Waugh
http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com
New Haven, CT, United States of America
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