Re: Setting Up SMTP for Multiple domains



you don't want a subdomain, you want a HOST or 'A' record for the server
'mail' in domain.com

"theseeker" <seekhereNOTHERE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for your reply - this is my first time setting up SMTP & I want to
be sure I don't do anything that affects the users website as it is
critical to their business.

I have logged into the control panel for the DNS of one of my domains. I
have created a subdomain mail.mydomain.com and have changed the IP Address
(A-Record) to point to the external WAN IP address of the SBS. I have
left the mx record for the subdomain as the default - do I need to change
this?

After doing the above I then created an mx record against mydomain.com
which points to mail.mydomain.com with a priority of 10. I am now waiting
for the DNS entries to update. Is this correct?


"Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message
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for each domain you will need a MX record and an A record
The A record can be whatever you like smtp.domain.com or
mail.domain.com
or remote.domain.com or whatever and would point to the public ip address
of your SBS server

Then create a MX record for each domain with a priority of 0 to point to
A
record addres, i.e. smtp.domain.com (or whatever you created it as)

You should also have reverse lookup records for the smtp.domain.com or
you'll have problems sending to some domains.

The DNS records must be created on the DNS Servers that handle each of
these domains....NOT on your SBS server
If you don't have access to the DNS control panel for each domain,
contact
their tech support

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"theseeker" <seekhereNOTHERE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can someone point me in the direction of a good SMTP & DNS guide for
multiple domains? My current plan is to :
1. Open Port 25 on the router
2. Run the CEICW - Select SMTP
3. In exchange/recipients/recipient policies add each domain to email
address policies

I'm not sure how I setup the mx records on the multiple domains. At the
moment the domains are registered with one provider and hosted with
another. Do I need to create subdomains for each e.g. smtp.mydomain.com
and setup an MX record which points to my sbs IP address?

Are there any steps I've missed?







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