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Old December 16th, 2003, 03:51 PM
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ive been trying to get mail enable to work for some time now and i think ive got the software at my end working ok but im not shure what to do with my dns people soming like mx records but i dont have a clue any sugestions?
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Old December 16th, 2003, 10:18 PM
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Whoever hosts your DNS, tell them to setup an MX record for your domain and point its IP to your mail server IP.
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Old December 17th, 2003, 01:47 AM
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i would have to do it for myself as dyndns do my dns so how would i go about it?
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Old December 17th, 2003, 04:08 AM
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Don't mess up the Internet traffic and trying to run mail server if you don't have a static IP. If you insist to do so you will lose more than 30% of your mails.
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Old December 17th, 2003, 11:04 AM
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i do have a static ip they do normal and dynamic aswell
so what is an mx for and how do i go about it
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