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 Post subject: mail servers
PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 6:32 pm 
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I was wondering how I can set up dns so that my mail servers are mail.<tld>.com ? Is there somethign I have to configure in my DNS records for MX and is there additional settings I need to do on my linode?
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 6:52 pm 
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The two aren't really related, but...

Set up mail.domainname.com as an A record pointing to your IP that runs sendmail.

You don't need an MX record in your DNS, but it is a good idea. Point the MX record to the FQDN of the machine that spools mail for your domains. It doesn't have to be "mail.domainname.com" -- it can be "www.domainname.com" or "domainname.com" if you've got an A record for "domainname.com'...

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 6:58 pm 
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so im guessing once i created a new A record i have to wait a few hours till its updated?
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One trick not to wait, is -- set the DNS servers of your Linux box and home machine to use the DNS servers of your domain. That way, you don't have to wait! :-)

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 7:07 pm 
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oh neat idea.. hmm, only if i could find out the domain servers of namecheap.

EDIT: nm i found it.. its in the whois db.
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