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| Author: | timothythehuman [ Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Restoring Default MX Records |
Our Linode MX records were changed awhile back to interface with Mandrill, but now we want to use Linode's default server again. I'm assuming this means we have to restore the default MX records, but I have no idea what their values were. Is there anyway to get those values? |
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| Author: | gparent [ Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Restoring Default MX Records |
By default, there are no MX records. |
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| Author: | sednet [ Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Restoring Default MX Records |
timothythehuman wrote: Our Linode MX records were changed awhile back to interface with Mandrill, but now we want to use Linode's default server again. I'm assuming this means we have to restore the default MX records, but I have no idea what their values were. Is there anyway to get those values? That isn't clear. You want to set your MX record(s) to the fully qualified hostname of the machine(s) that accept incoming mail. |
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| Author: | timothythehuman [ Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Restoring Default MX Records |
I'm assuming our FQHN, though based on gparent's comment, perhaps this isn't even necessary? We're installing postfix/dovecot. |
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| Author: | derfy [ Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Restoring Default MX Records |
By default, there are no MX records because by default, no Linode receives mail. Follow sednet's instructions. |
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| Author: | saman007uk [ Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Restoring Default MX Records |
derfy wrote: ... no Linode receives mail. That is incorrect. If no MX is defined, most mail clients will send the mail to the address that the domain name resolves to. |
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| Author: | bjl [ Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Restoring Default MX Records |
saman007uk wrote: derfy wrote: ... no Linode receives mail. That is incorrect. If no MX is defined, most mail clients will send the mail to the address that the domain name resolves to. And sometimes, they try sending to the A record even when valid MX records are defined. (Strangely, since I started that thread, it hasn't happened again.) |
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