Mx Dns

[tanglung]

Hello,

i have a Plesk 7.5 server, the website is hosted on this server but the emails must be hosted on another server.

How should i configure the DNS of my server so that only emails are redirected to the other server which config is :

mail.thedomaincom ---> 212.12.232.244 -----> primary address
mx.thedomain.com ---> 196.219.23.26 -----> secondary

Thanks a lot

Tang

 

[wsani]

Two things:

1. Edit the DNS zone, modify the MAIL record and change the IP address to the external server.

2. Disable the mail services for the domain.

 

[tanglung]

What about the secondary Adress of the email server ?

please look what i have done, and please tell me why it s not working

mail.domain.com A 212.12.232.244
mx.domain.com A 196.219.23.26
domain.com MX(10) mail.domain.com
domain.com MX(30) mx.domain.com

Email service is disable

thanks a lots

 

[wsani]

I don't see anything wrong with what you've done. What happens when you query the DNS through NSLOOKUP?