Emailing And MX Records
Jun 15, 2007
I've just designed a site and the company have just told me they have their own mail server.
I've never touched mx records before as I've always had mail collected on the server which hosts the site so this is new territory for me.
What's got me a bit stumped is where are the mx records controlled - with the domain registrar, the hosting company or both? I've gone into the account and changed the DNS MX records with the hosting company (Cpanel). I've double checked I've done it right with the hosting company and they've said it seems fine... But it's not - I keep getting failed deliveries:
xxx@xxx.com
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO: <xxx@xxx.com>:
host company.mail.server.co.uk [88.88.88.88]:
550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for xxx@xxx.com
(email, server, and ip edited out)
The hosting company did say it might take some time to propagate, but I have a hunch it isn't going to work.
Now, I've got a couple of different registrars I use and one of them lets you edit mx records directly while the other one doesn't... Which leads me to think that you can control the mx records with both, but the domain has priority?
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Apr 22, 2009
vps for sending out 500 emails per hour. Some of the emails in the list may not be working so they may stack up on the server.
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Dec 25, 2008
I want to stop emailing myself
I have received quite a few emails from senders claiming to be the recipients [in this case one of my email accounts]. I did not send these emails. This is happening with almost every email account I have setup on one of my domains.
I know this is probably an easy fix-- I am simply unsure of what it is.
I noted that someone else recently posted a similar question-- with only one response. I wanted to see if another post my garner another response.
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Dec 6, 2007
I have one domain that is having issues sending e-mail from any php forms, etc. They do have their MX records pointing out to a different service...is there anything special I need to have them do in order for this to work?
Also, do I need to check or uncheck "Always accept mail locally even if the primary mx does not point to this server."
I'm running Cpanel 11
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Aug 15, 2007
Although it's only twice a day, it's quite annoying. I have two almost identical file servers, one however sends me an email at 2:46pm and 6:00pm everyday. The first email looks like this...
Code:
From: root@server1-host.crysis-online.com (Cron Daemon)
To: root@server1-host.crysis-online.com
Subject: Cron <root@server1-host> /scripts/upcp
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
X-Cron-Env: <USER=root>
Message-Id: <E1ILAjj-0000WN-J7@server1-host.crysis-online.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:44:14 -0400
Updating /scripts...
Sync Source: [url]
Fetching [url]
(0)....@69.90.250.34......connected......receiving......Done
Fetching [url](0)....@69.90.250.34......connected......receiving...26%...53%...80%...100%......Done
Fetching http://httpupdate.cpanel.net/cpanelsync/RELEASE/scripts/unsetupfp4.bz2 (0)....@69.90.250.34......connected......receiving...100%......Done
Got file ./unsetupfp4 ok (md5 matches)
Fetching[url](0)....@69.90.250.34......connected......receiving...37%...74%...100%......Done
Got file ./pkgacct ok (md5 matches)
Fetching [url]
(0)....@69.90.250.34......connected......receiving...100%......Done
Got file ./eximup ok (md5 matches)
Fetching...
and it keeps going. It looks like it's a scheduled c-panel update of some sort which happens everyday. The second email looks like this (sent at 6pm everyday)...
Code:
################### LogWatch 5.2.2 (06/23/04) ####################
Processing Initiated: Wed Aug 15 04:02:06 2007
Date Range Processed: yesterday
Detail Level of Output: 0
Logfiles for Host: server1-host.crysis-online.com ################################################################
--------------------- SSHD Begin ------------------------
Users logging in through sshd:
root:
xxx.xxx.dataco.com.au (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx): 1 time
SFTP subsystem requests: 1 Time(s)
---------------------- SSHD End -------------------------
------------------ Disk Space --------------------
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
73G 19G 51G 27% /
/dev/hda1 99M 19M 76M 20% /boot
###################### LogWatch End #########################
I understand that these are most certainly both Cron Jobs, but I don't know how to identify them, or get rid of them. Anyway care to tell me how? I've got SSH access to the server and use both putty and WinSCP to access it.
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Jun 24, 2009
Are there companies out there that allow unlimited emailing capabilities on a VPS server? What kind of budget would be best to get this capability? Am I better of going with a dedicated server?
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Apr 4, 2009
PHP manual says:
Quote:
Note: It is worth noting that the mail() function is not suitable for larger volumes of email in a loop. This function opens and closes an SMTP socket for each email, which is not very efficient.
I have a VPS and cPanel.
How can I get the SMTP host, user, pass and port?
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May 25, 2008
I need a server dedicated just to emailing prospected clients.
Can anyone turn me onto a decent provider who does not mind excessive mail?
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Feb 11, 2007
Hi all... Ok the situation is this. My DrWeb died a few weeks ago and then I started to receive 100's of emails trying to connect to DrWeb. This was resolved, but everyday without fail I receive these two emails and wonering if anyone can tell me why?
Quote:
From: MAILER-DAEMON@mydomain.net
Subject: failure notice
Date: 11 February 2007 9:00:05 AM
To: postmaster@ mydomain.net
This is the qmail-send program at mydomain.net.
I tried to deliver a bounce message to this address, but the bounce bounced!
<anonymous@ mydomain.net>:
This address no longer accepts mail.
--- Below this line is the original bounce.
Return-Path: <>
Received: (qmail 3086 invoked for bounce); 11 Feb 2007 09:00:04 +1100
Date: 11 Feb 2007 09:00:04 +1100
From: MAILER-DAEMON@ mydomain.net
To: anonymous@ mydomain.net
Subject: failure notice
Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mydomain.net.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
< mydomain@ mydomain.net>:
This address no longer accepts mail.
--- Below this line is a copy of the message.
Return-Path: <anonymous@ mydomain.net>
Received: (qmail 3078 invoked by uid 10003); 11 Feb 2007 09:00:04 +1100
Date: 11 Feb 2007 09:00:03 +1100
Message-ID: <20070210220003.2031.qmail@ mydomain.net>
From: root@ mydomain.net (Cron Daemon)
To: mydomain@ mydomain.net
Subject: Cron < mydomain@ mydomain > /usr/bin/php -q /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.net/httpdocs/whmcs/admin/cron.php > /dev/null
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.net>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME= mydomain >
X-Cron-Env: <USER= mydomain >
PHP Notice: Undefined variable: attachments_dir in /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.net/httpdocs/whmcs/admin/../dbconnect.php on line 7
PHP Notice: Undefined variable: downloads_dir in /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.net/httpdocs/whmcs/admin/../dbconnect.php on line 10
PHP Notice: Undefined variable: display_errors in /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.net/httpdocs/whmcs/admin/../dbconnect.php on line 18
PHP Notice: Use of undefined constant E_NONE - assumed 'E_NONE' in /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.net/httpdocs/whmcs/admin/../dbconnect.php on line 19
Quote:
From: MAILER-DAEMON@ mydomain.net
Subject: failure notice
Date: 11 February 2007 9:42:15 AM
To: postmaster@ mydomain.net
This is the qmail-send program at mydomain.net.
I tried to deliver a bounce message to this address, but the bounce bounced!
<anonymous@ mydomain.net>:
This address no longer accepts mail.
--- Below this line is the original bounce.
Return-Path: <>
Received: (qmail 3568 invoked for bounce); 11 Feb 2007 04:42:16 +1100
Date: 11 Feb 2007 04:42:16 +1100
From: MAILER-DAEMON@ mydomain.net
To: anonymous@ mydomain.net
Subject: failure notice
This is the qmail-send program at mydomain.net.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
<drweb@ mydomain.net>:
This address no longer accepts mail.
--- Below this line is a copy of the message.
Return-Path: <anonymous@ mydomain.net>
Received: (qmail 3564 invoked by uid 111); 11 Feb 2007 04:42:16 +1100
Date: 11 Feb 2007 04:42:15 +1100
Message-ID: <20070210174215.3542.qmail@ mydomain.net>
From: root@ mydomain.net (Cron Daemon)
To: drweb@mydomain.net
Subject: Cron <drweb@mydomain> /opt/drweb/update.pl
X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/var/drweb>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=drweb>
X-Cron-Env: <USER=drweb>
Dr.Web (R) update details:
Update server: http://update.msk3.drweb.com/unix/433
Update has began at Sun Feb 11 04:42:03 2007
Update has finished at Sun Feb 11 04:42:15 2007
Following files had been updated:
/var/drweb/bases/dwntoday.vdb
/var/drweb/updates/drwtoday.txt
/var/drweb/updates/dwntoday.txt
/var/drweb/bases/drwtoday.vdb
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Jul 13, 2009
I have a domain(ex. mydomain.com) hosted on a shared windows server, I also have a dedicated Linux server with a different company.
What I would like to do is have the mail be handled by the Dedicated Linux Server(cPanel/WHM), while the site is running on the shared windows server.
I understand I would need to change the MX Records for the domain on the Windows Server to point to the dedicated server's mail server IP Address (mail.SERVER IP ADDRESS.com ?), but do I also have to create an account on the linux server to handle the mail (example forwarders/auto responders).
If that is the case, how do I tell it to take care of all the mail coming for the domain mydomain.com?
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Mar 5, 2008
SRV records on a WHM server, is it possible? If so, is there any documentation on this?
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Oct 31, 2007
I have two hosting packages with 1and1: a shared hosting package and a new dedicated server. I am transferring my domain from the shared package to the dedicated server.
However, I have not yet initiated DNS propagation. Files, databases, FTP accounts, subdomains, cron jobs, etc. have all been added to the new server. The problem is, I'm not ready to setup the email accounts on the dedicated server. I have about 20 email accounts on my domain and I will have to show each user how to setup the new account with their email client of choice and transfer any important email to the new account using IMAP. Copying the mailboxes with SSH is not an option since I don't have root access to the shared server. Email is not stored on that server anyway (I think 1and1 uses perfora.net servers for load balancing email and databases). Plus, I'd rather handle all of the email stuff after propagation is completely finished.
So here's my question... How can I make mail sent to example.com go to 1and1's email server? I looked up my current MX records and they are mx00.1and1.com and mx01.1and1.com. I tried adding the following MX records to my server's DNS table (in Plesk):
Mail exchanger: mx00.1and1.com
Priority: 0
Mail exchanger: mx01.1and1.com
Priority: 5
(This one was already there)
Mail exchanger: mail.example.com (my domain)
Priority: 10
But when I send an email using SMTP on the new server, it is sent to a test inbox on the new server instead of the shared server. Is the MTA not looking at the DNS records on the same server or are they cached somewhere and I have to wait a while (it's already been several hours)?
Second question... I still want 1and1 to think that I'm hosting my domain on the shared hosting package so that my email accounts won't be deleted. For this reason, I can't transfer my domain name in the 1and1 control panel until the new email accounts are completely setup. Can I just point my registrar (Go Daddy) to ns.example.com (my domain) instead of ns.1and1.com? DNS service is running. I'm just afraid this may route any traffic within the 1and1 network to the shared server instead of the new one.
I probably haven't been very clear about everything but I'm still very new to server management.
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Jun 26, 2009
I'm setting up my dns records for a backup mailserver and setting up another ns record in case of server / datacentre problems.
My question is, do I need to specify the ip address of the external hostname and the external namserver in the local dns record?
e.g mail.mydomaim.com in A **.***.**.**
then add mail.outside-domain.com in A **.***.**.**.
I dont think its necessary but want to double check.
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Aug 1, 2006
I have added a new ip for my nameserver3 and now it is pingable... But when I try to point a domain it says something like "check SOA record for your nameserver3" etc...
How can I add SOA records for this new nameserver via whm or?
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Nov 7, 2009
DigBuddy is an email deliverability and MX monitoring service. Customers sign up and input all of the email addresses at their domain and our monitoring system will check to make sure that these email addresses are able to receive email by logging in and attempting to send an email without actually sending one. It also checks the DNS, SPF records and a bunch of other stuff so our clients can be assured that they are able to send and receive email to a variety of networks without issue.
We need to set up monitoring servers on a number of networks across a number of countries that can be used to send and receive email. Basically all we need is a VPS with 512mb of ram and 19 IP's. It also must have an unblocked SMTP port 25 and the IP's must have a neutral or better senderbase score. We also need to make sure that the IP's have proper forward and reverse DNS entries.
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May 6, 2008
Have been reading around the net trying to figure out how to do this and arrived here. Thought I would see if someone could advise me on how to change some MX records.
At the moment there are 4 records :
A @ IP Address: xxx.xx.xxx.xx
A www IP Address: xxx.xx.xxx.xx
A mail IP Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
MX @ Host Name: xxx.domain.com
Priority : 10
I need to add two MX records. Do I delete the existing record?
and do I set them as MX @ Host Name or do I need to do something else?
I did manage to set some MX records a long time ago but have completely forgotten how to do it now
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Jul 30, 2008
I have a domain registered with Dotster and my NameServers point to Verio who is my webhost. My MX Records at Verio point to Appriver who handles my email. I'd like to get Verio totally out of the picture and just host my site at Dotster and still keep the email at Appriver. However, I'm not quite sure the order in which to change the various settings.
Do I just change the Name Servers at Doster to point to Dotster instead of Verio and then use Dotster's DNS to point the MX Records to Appriver? Would I then disable the MX Records at Verio? What about propagation of these changes...would I lose email traffic?
Do I need to change the TTL? I'm really not sure about the order of the steps.
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Apr 5, 2008
I have been considering upgrading to a dedicated or vps server for some time. In my research I ran across a comment on another forum that didn't seem correct and was hoping someone could clarify.
This person upgraded to dedicated and stated he failed to verify his mx records accuracy and was the reason his emails where not being sent out properly.
My question is, does upgrading from shared to dedicated require you to make some kind of change to your mx records? If so, what change needs to be made? I would think upgrading to dedicated would have no effect on your mx records for your email.
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Mar 31, 2008
on one server we have changed hostname.. and now we receive mail delivery failed as this:
You cannot setup a domain that is the same as the servers hostname
"
SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data:
host mail1.**.com [**.**.***.**]: 557 Your domain sun.***.net does not have a valid MX DNS record.
"
We have check under dnsstuff.com and for sun.***.net there aren't mx dns set
sun. is setting, under whm, into account www.***.net
we have try to add a new account for sun.***.net but system said
"You cannot setup a domain that is the same as the servers hostname"
So, How to set correctly MX DNS record for hostname?
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Dec 11, 2008
I have two MX Records
mail1 IN A 1.2.3.4
mail2 IN A 1.2.3.5
domain.com. 14400 IN MX 10 mail1.domain.com. primary
domain.com. 14400 IN MX 20 mail2.domain.com. backup
Working perfect but the question is if the mail primary is down the mail backup take up right? ok, and so how i can get the email have mail backup when the primary is up the email backup sent the email to primary.
Also if the primary is down, what pop3 i need to have for recevice mail for globally?
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Jan 10, 2008
My LxAdmin Server is not able to receive emails, due to faulty MX records, ( that is what i can think )
Here is snap shot of DNSSTUFF.com , where it shows error in mail settings -
This is the domains DNS settings-
__base__ A - xx.xx.xx.xx
cp A - xx.xx.xx.xx
mail A - xx.xx.xx.xx
ns1 A - xx.xx.xx.xx
ns2 A - xx.xx.xx.xx
pop A - xx.xx.xx.xx
www A - xx.xx.xx.xx
ftp CN - __base__
lists CN - mail
webmail CN - mail
mysite.com MX 10 mail
how can i make my email working?
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Dec 7, 2008
We recently decided to move all our DNS to a service called DNS Made Easy and also our sever box. We setup what they call Vanity DNS with ns0.domain.com and ns1.domain.com so our clients did not have to change their nameservers.
Our records for all domains are now setup and looks like they are beginning to propagate. Here's where the question is:
IP - 1.1.1.1 is for domain1
IP - 1.1.1.2 is for domain2, domain3 and domain4
IP - 1.1.1.3 is for domain5
All domains have MX records pointing to a either Google or Mailtrust.
what is the best way to setup Reverse DNS and PTR's for this setup and what should we ask our ISP to do for Reverse DNS in this case.
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Apr 16, 2007
I have a domain registered with namecheap, and I am using them for DNS. Does anyone know how to add an SPF Record for a domain w/ namecheap?
I have sent Namecheap a support email, but haven't heard anything. I figure someone on this board may have done this before.
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Jul 23, 2007
I've dealt with a few hoster that make you change your nameservers of for hosting. I have a couple of clients coming up who want to keep their mail servers as they are - are there any good UK shared hosters (Linux, Apache, PHP, MySql) that will let me set up hosting via an A record only (i.e. no email hosting)?
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Jul 4, 2007
I have been having problems with my current host (GoDaddy), they only allow 50 simultanious connections at one time and unfortunately my site has been a victim of an exploited program they offer - Aardvark Topsites where a few sites have developed a way to exceute small scaled DoS attacks to sites operating this program. GoDaddy has been trying to block these sites with htaccess files but have had no sucess. Very long story so to my question,
My domain name is registered with GoDaddy, and my hosting is with them. My email is forwarded to Google Apps through the CName and MX records which GoDaddy doesnt like either.
If I cancel my hosting account with them my email should still be ok shouldnt it? Since the place the email is directed to is in the domain name records not in the hosting. Ive asked GoDaddy as well and I think the email should still work but GoDaddy has a way of tying products together so you have to renew them as " a set" instead of being able to renew products individually. I dont use the GoDaddy email so I think it sohuld be ok even if they do cancel my hosting account and email since the email is really hendled by Google..
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Jul 27, 2009
I've got a Domain with Name.com. I have just introduced a new service into my website which is the google @ Doamin.com.
When ever i go to change my MX Records, The name control panel tells me that before i can do that i need to change my Nameservrs to;
NS1.Name.com
NS2.Name.com
NS3.Name.com
NS4.Name.com
But when ever i do that, it ofcorse makes the domain unreachable.
So how can i get it so that I have My custom nameservers
NS1.Fagex.net
NS2.Fagex.net
With these MX Records;
Record Type
Record Host
Record Answer
TTL
Priority (MX only)
MX leave blank ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. leave blank10
MX leave blank ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. leave blank 20
MX leave blank ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM leave blank20
MX leave blank ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. leave blank 30
MX leave blank ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. leave blank 30
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May 18, 2009
I run my own Mail Server.
Everytime I create a new website account in WHM I am required to go in and manually edit the DNS record to include the MX record of my mail server.
I would like to streamline the process and need a way to make WHM automatically include my MX records every time I create a new account. Is this possible?
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Nov 26, 2008
I am setting wildcard nameservers that are meant to resolve any dpim pointed to them. I need for my domain parking service.
I was able to set wildcard A records with BIND, and this is good. However, some registrars seem to look for the SOA records, and it seems that BIND doesn't allow creating such records. Therefore, I need to switch to another DNS software, but I can;t find any that supports wildcard SOA records.
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Feb 18, 2008
I signed up for a dedicated server this weekend.
I'd like to know if its possible to change or even delete the reverse dns record from
the ip address from my server ?
Is it possible to hide the "dig -x ip" results?
I don't want them to know in which provider i am....
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