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Re: [cobalt-users] MX record
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] MX record
- From: Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue May 21 02:26:14 2002
- Organization: Front Street Networks LLC
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Tuesday 21 May 2002 11:20 am, Brian Boegershausen wrote:
> What name should be used for the mail server when setting up the MX record
> on a Cube2 and usig external DNS.
> Does it have to be the same as the domain?
> my domain is www.njsecure.com
> should I make that the mail name too, or can it be mail.njsecure.com
> It doesnt seem to make much sense to call it mail.njsecure.com becuase
> there is no way to designate that on the server.
>
1) On a Qube since you don't use Virtual Sites just make it the same as the
server name. (no host name)
if server is www.server.com have the admin of the external DNS use server.com
for the MX record.
to check it issue;
dig @nameserver.tld server.com MX
and check the answer section
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