1 Oct
2010
1 Oct
'10
4:29 p.m.
Hi,
I'm not sure that it's entirely valid to include an IP address directly
in the MX record. It might work but it might also get you listed on some
"rfc-ignorant" lists. Instead, I'd suggest putting the hostname that you
use to log into your VPS. If this is in your domain (mydomain.com)
rather than in bitfolk.com then you'll need to ensure that you add an
"A" record for that name that points to the IP address.
Adding an A record is something that you should also be able to do via
your registry's control panel.
Apologies for the previous hasty reply.
Regards,
@ndy
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andyjpb(a)ashurst.eu.org
http://www.ashurst.eu.org/
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I have a
functional mail server on my new VPS.
Now I want to propagate mydomainname.com to email servers through the
MX record, so that people can find 'me(a)mydomainname.com'com'.
The domain registry has default values of
'mailstore1.secureserver.net' and 'smtp.secureserver.net'.
I would like them to point at my VPS, but am unaware of the correct
strings, which would replace 'mailstore1...' and 'smtp...' above..
I would also like to minimise my sysadmin time, and so would like to
avoid to be forced to use bind etc on my VPS.
Can anyone help? TIA.
Who is your domain registered with?
Some registries will have a control panel where you can set up the MX
record. If this is the case then you can insert the IP address of your
VPS as the target of the MX record and then mail should start getting
delivered to port 25 on that machine.