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Re: [cobalt-users] MX record



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.

Anything you want, as long as there's an A record for it somewhere on
the internet, pointing to the sever you really want to use for mail.

> Does it have to be the same as the domain?

No.

> 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.

I'm not sure I understand you.  DNS IS where you designate the email
servername.

Jeff
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