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I am setting up a mail server and under the Connection, it is asking for DNS Server.<br />
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What does it want there?<br />
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I have put in the IP address of the webserver and also the same IP address used at my registratar in the DNS Template.<br />
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But it rejects it when I test it. It says &quot;DNS query test failed.&quot; What does it want there?<br />
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thanks!
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I am setting up a mail server and under the Connection, it is asking for DNS Server.

What does it want there?

I have put in the IP address of the webserver and also the same IP address used at my registratar in the DNS Template.

But it rejects it when I test it. It says "DNS query test failed." What does it want there?

thanks!

Mail Server Setup: Connection DNS Server

Within Internet message handling services (MHS), a message transfer agent or mail transfer agent (MTA) or mail relay is software that transfers electronic mail messages from one computer to another using a client–server application architecture. A MTA implements both the client (sending) and server (receiving) portions of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). The terms mail server, mail exchanger, and MX host may also refer to a computer performing the MTA function. The Domain Name System (DNS) associates a mail server to a domain with mail exchanger (MX) resource records containing the domain name of a host providing MTA services.