What do correct DNS/MX records look like?

I have installed ISP Config on its very own (public) IP address and have it working correctly as far as websites are concerned. Mail is a different story altogether; I checked "Create-DNS" and "Create-DNS MX" when I set up the site 506birch.com and now the www hosting works correctly but I can't contact the mailserver. Here's what the DNS records look like:

can someone suggest what I am missing?


-J

 

Sorry 'bout that. The very reason I am setting up ISP Config is GoDaddy's poor quality of service and support for their dedicated hosting environments. Yesterday was no exception and that's why the image was missing.

-J

 

This is what I'm getting:

Code:

mh1:~# dig mx 506birch.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> mx 506birch.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 12634
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;506birch.com.                  IN      MX

[B];; ANSWER SECTION:
506birch.com.           86400   IN      MX      10 mail.506birch.com.[/B]

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail.506birch.com.      86400   IN      A       24.121.65.131

;; Query time: 216 msec
;; SERVER: 213.191.92.84#53(213.191.92.84)
;; WHEN: Thu Dec 20 16:23:34 2007
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 67

mh1:~#

So it's pointing to mail.506birch.com instead of www.506birch.com.

 

I read about 20 pages back in the forums and did some searches and changed my DNS settings as follows:


Should I be able to set mail.506birch.com as the incoming/outgoing mailserver in my client (Outlook)?

-J

mail.log:

Code:

Dec 20 09:10:35 clients1 postfix/smtpd[418]: connect from k2smtpout02-02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net[64.202.189.91]
Dec 20 09:10:35 clients1 postfix/smtpd[418]: D79C4260928: client=k2smtpout02-02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net[64.202.189.91]
Dec 20 09:10:35 clients1 postfix/cleanup[422]: D79C4260928: message-id=<[email protected]>
Dec 20 09:10:35 clients1 postfix/qmgr[20344]: D79C4260928: from=<[email protected]>, size=1186, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Dec 20 09:10:36 clients1 postfix/smtpd[418]: disconnect from k2smtpout02-02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net[64.202.189.91]
Dec 20 09:10:36 clients1 postfix/pickup[31167]: 1C83C26092C: uid=10002 from=<web3_john>
Dec 20 09:10:36 clients1 postfix/cleanup[422]: 1C83C26092C: message-id=<[email protected]>
Dec 20 09:10:36 clients1 postfix/local[423]: D79C4260928: to=<[email protected]>, orig_to=<[email protected]>, relay=local, delay=0.28, delays=0.15/0.02/0/0.11, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/bin/procmail -f-)
Dec 20 09:10:36 clients1 postfix/qmgr[20344]: D79C4260928: removed
Dec 20 09:10:36 clients1 postfix/qmgr[20344]: 1C83C26092C: from=<[email protected]>, size=394, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Dec 20 09:10:36 clients1 postfix/local[423]: 1C83C26092C: to=<[email protected]>, relay=local, delay=0.16, delays=0.1/0/0/0.05, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/bin/procmail -f-)
Dec 20 09:10:36 clients1 postfix/qmgr[20344]: 1C83C26092C: removed
Dec 20 09:12:36 clients1 imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Dec 20 09:12:36 clients1 imapd: LOGOUT, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], rcvd=30, sent=470
Dec 20 09:12:53 clients1 imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Dec 20 09:12:53 clients1 imapd: chdir Maildir: No such file or directory
Dec 20 09:13:12 clients1 courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Dec 20 09:13:12 clients1 courierpop3login: chdir Maildir: No such file or directory
Dec 20 09:13:27 clients1 courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Dec 20 09:13:27 clients1 courierpop3login: Disconnected, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Dec 20 09:13:56 clients1 postfix/anvil[420]: statistics: max connection rate 1/60s for (smtp:64.202.189.91) at Dec 20 09:10:35
Dec 20 09:13:56 clients1 postfix/anvil[420]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:64.202.189.91) at Dec 20 09:10:35
Dec 20 09:13:56 clients1 postfix/anvil[420]: statistics: max cache size 1 at Dec 20 09:10:35
Dec 20 09:21:49 clients1 courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Dec 20 09:21:49 clients1 courierpop3login: LOGIN FAILED, user=john, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Dec 20 09:21:54 clients1 courierpop3login: Disconnected, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]

 

Turns out I needed to check the "Maildir" under Management > Server >Settings.