How to Be a Virtual Host (But Not Host Mail / DNS)

[lloy0076]

Hi,

I have a client who wants to host their own e-mail and DNS but host their web-site on my Plesk managed server.

Hence, their DNS looks something similar to this:

client.com.au A their.ip.address
client.com.au MX 10 their.mail.server
www.client.com.au A my.ip.address

Now, I can't work out how to properly set this up on my Plesk server.

Here's what I have done:

1. Create Client
2. Create Domain
3. Upload web-site to /var/www/vhosts/client.com.au/httpdocs/
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   This works, however:
   
   1. I had to create a DNS record and then disable it
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      In addition, sending e-mail to this client via the Qmail running now returns for all e-mails at that client:
      
      1. [email protected] no longer accepts e-mail
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         This is not true as I have tested the client's real MX which does accept e-mail. It is as thought the Plesk server is intercepting the e-mail even though it shouldn't...
         
         Any idea what I may be doing wrong here?
         
         DSL

 

[lloy0076]

I still can't work out how to do this properly...

DSL

 

[Galactic Zero]

You have to have an MX record pointing to their mail server, if you don't you'll get all kinds of bounces.

 

[rpawlik]

If you want to host web services but not DNS or mail, you will need to update the A record for the domain to point to your server. You will need to make the DNS change where DNS is currently being hosted (their server). Then you will need to have them create an A record for mail.domain.com and point that to their mail server. Finally, create the following MX record:

domain.com IN MX mail.domain.com

 

[liquorvicar]

Also make sure you disable both Mail and DNS from the relevant screens under the domain's Control panel.