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domain re-point email
Hi,
I have a question regarding re-pointing the email for a domain.
The website is hosted on one server and the company has their own email server.
Using EasySpace this is the present config:
http://65.38.105.134/~dev/dns_domain.gif
My question: I need to point all email for the domain to an IP number, say: 216.36.09.1
What needs to be done and what would be the syntax to enter?
Thanks for your help,
Al
I have a question regarding re-pointing the email for a domain.
The website is hosted on one server and the company has their own email server.
Using EasySpace this is the present config:
http://65.38.105.134/~dev/dns_domain.gif
My question: I need to point all email for the domain to an IP number, say: 216.36.09.1
What needs to be done and what would be the syntax to enter?
Thanks for your help,
Al
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Cheers Dan,
So my clients mail server will have a name such as mail.serverdomain.com - I'm not 100% about that - I just have the IP number 216.36.09.1 - can i set up the A record with just the IP ?
How do refer an MX records to an A name?
Thanks,
Al
ps. sorry for the noob questions. I have a few of these domains to update so hopefully I'll quickly advance beyond noobdom.
So my clients mail server will have a name such as mail.serverdomain.com - I'm not 100% about that - I just have the IP number 216.36.09.1 - can i set up the A record with just the IP ?
How do refer an MX records to an A name?
Thanks,
Al
ps. sorry for the noob questions. I have a few of these domains to update so hopefully I'll quickly advance beyond noobdom.
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You will need to update the MX records to point to the new mail server (or servers). MX records should point directly to an IP so I would advise creating an A record for each mail server (mail1.serverdomain.com, mail2.serverdomain.com for example) and then update the MX records to refer to these newly created entries.
Due to the DNS propagation period I would create the A records first, wait 24 hours, and then update the MX records.
Dan.