Best prractise for MX record

Discussion in 'General' started by mxc, May 30, 2006.

  1. mxc

    mxc Member

    Hi all,

    I wish to have an entry for each new domain as mail.domain.tld for its MX server. The mail server is running on the same machine as ispconfig. Should I first create an a name or a c name and then point the mx record to it?



    thanks
     
    mxc, May 30, 2006
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  2. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    You must create an A record, a CNAME does not work for an MX record!
    Create the A record mail.domain.tld, and then the MX record domain.tld -> mail.domain.tld.
    Also have a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/traditional_dns_howto
     
    falko, May 30, 2006
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