Thanks to ISP Config I'm moving from the Microsoft world to the Linux world. I'm about to stop using the DNS service on my Windows 2000 server and switch to my new ISPConfig box. Both my servers are behind a firewall with port 53 (tcp/udp) currently forwarding to my Windows box. I was about to switch this when I thought I'd take a quick nslookup to see if everything was working on the ISPConfig machine. When I do an NSLookup (all records) of a particular domain of my Windows box I get the following Answer Section: nextreformation.com, A, 216.197.193.198 nextreformation.com, NS, ns1.prairiefusion.com nextreformation.com, NS, grace.theheresy.com nextreformation.com, SOA, grace.theheresy.com, admin (Serial=2006030209, Refresh=15m, Retry=10m, Expire=1d, Minimum=1h) nextreformation.com, MX, 10, mail.nextreformation.com Additional Records Section: ns1.prairiefusion.com, A, 216.197.193.198 grace.theheresy.com, A, 69.11.119.133 mail.nextreformation.com, A, 216.197.193.198 When I do an NSLookup (all records) of the ISPConfig Box I get the following Answer Section: nextreformation.com, A, 216.197.193.198 nextreformation.com, SOA, grace.theheresy.com, root.localhost (Serial=2006030502, Refresh=8h, Retry=2h, Expire=7d, Minimum=1d) nextreformation.com, NS, ns1.prairiefusion.com nextreformation.com, NS, grace.theheresy.com I'm wondering why the MX record isn't coming up even though I have it set up. This is how it looks in the ISPConfig DNS Administrator. CNAME Hostname Target www nextreformation.com MX Mailserver Hostname mail.nextreformation.com nextreformation.com
The hostname in the mx record must be empty. If you put nextreformation.com as hostname for the MX, it will result in an MX record for email addresses like: [email protected] The hostname in the MX in ISPConfig shall be always empty, except you have email addresses like [email protected], then the hostname of the MX record must be "country".
