How do I create a subdomain email address?
I have SBS 2003 running Exchange. I have emails setup from our main domain (for example, joe@company.com). I need to setup new users on subdomain accounts for email only access (jane@sales.company.com). What do I need to do to create the subdomain and allow subdomain emails to be created.
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The part that was missing was that the MX needed to point to the same IP that the mail.company.com domain was on. Once I changed that the subdomain began working (given the time to propagate across DNS servers).
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There were a few steps missing which I researched and found. Gave me a good platform from where to research.
Thanks ICG. Glad to hear you were able to configure.
Cheers!
--Rob
Cheers!
--Rob
Glad you got it sorted. The way I usually create MX entries is as follow:
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Domain.com MX mail.domain.com
Mail.domain.com MX x.x.x.x (where x.x.x.x is the IP of your mail server)
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The same would be true for a subdomain MX entry.
subdomain.domain.com MX mail.domain.com (providing that it's pointing to the same Mail server)
OR if it's a different mail server you can typically do:
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subdomain.domain.com MX subdomainmail.domain.com
subdomainmail.domain.com A y.y.y.y (where y.y.y.y is the IP address of another mail server)
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So it all depends on how your original DNS entries were setup, but I am glad you got it sorted! Happy Mailing!
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Domain.com MX mail.domain.com
Mail.domain.com MX x.x.x.x (where x.x.x.x is the IP of your mail server)
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The same would be true for a subdomain MX entry.
subdomain.domain.com MX mail.domain.com (providing that it's pointing to the same Mail server)
OR if it's a different mail server you can typically do:
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subdomain.domain.com MX subdomainmail.domain.com
subdomainmail.domain.com A y.y.y.y (where y.y.y.y is the IP address of another mail server)
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So it all depends on how your original DNS entries were setup, but I am glad you got it sorted! Happy Mailing!
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I saw that the subdomain needs to point to the domain. But shouldn't it point to the domain company.com and not mail.company.com? DNS servers read right to left.