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How to setup an MX using GoDaddy.com's control panel to point to our exchange server

how to setup an MX using GoDaddy.com's control panel... to point to our Exchange server... i did this in the DNS panel
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in the HOST
     a      <public IP for our exchange>       1 Hour

      @       72.167.232.172        1 Hour

in the MX
10      @      <public IP for our exchange>        1 Hour

      30       a        mx.<our domain>.com        1 Hou
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when i did that i start receiving mail but some of our client cant send to us
when they send to us it feed them back with the following

> 168.144.1.236 does not like recipient.
> Remote host said: 550-It appears that the DNS operator for basamhind.com
> 550-has installed an invalid MX record with an IP address
> 550 instead of a domain name on the right hand side.
> Giving up on 168.144.1.236.

please advise

Mestha

You cannot have IP address for MX records.
You will need to create a new host, type A, of "mail" and then enter your IP address.
Then in the MX record field, enter mail.example.com (where example.com is your domain) as the host.

Simon.

basamh

ASKER

if see the configration i did .. i do like what youy say but still the same problem

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in the HOST
a <public IP for our exchange> 1 Hour

@ 72.167.232.172 1 Hour

in the MX
10 @ <public IP for our exchange> 1 Hour

30 a mx.<our domain>.com 1 Hou
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basamh

ASKER

i use mxtoolbox.com
i get the following
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Checking 212.100.209.149 against 122 known blacklists...
Listed: 1 time(s)
Timeouts:9


                         UCEPROTECTL3LISTEDYour ISP /AS25233 is UCEPROTECT-Level3 listed for hosting a total of 3729 abusers. See: Detail
Return codes were: 127.0.0.22100281

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any advise

Mestha

Did you actually create an A record of mx.example.com ?
DO not rely on the wild card, as that can cause problems. You should have a specific host name in your domain to match.

As for the blacklisting, if your ISP is on the blacklist not a lot you can do about it other than hassle the ISP - which is what the blacklisters want. Their logic is that if the innocent victims of the blacklisting complain the ISP will kick off the spammer.

Simon.

basamh

ASKER

i found the solution which is creating a host with the name (MX) as host hold your public IP address then make the mx.domain.com in the mx record

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Mestha

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