On 2/14/2011 8:15 AM, sunhux G wrote:
Hi
Pending the purchase of our domain, I have already set up an
SMTP email server running postfix & this server already has a
public IP address, say aa.bb.cc.dd
Q1:
Can I test send an email to this server by sending to
a_postfix_mail...@aa.bb.cc.dd
<mailto:a_postfix_mail...@aa.bb.cc.dd> ?
Yes, but enclose the IP in brackets.
user@[a.b.c.d]
Q2:
Secondly after getting the domain, how do I link my SMTP server's
IP address so that it appears in DNS MX record ? The domain
provider
You add an MX dns record something like
example.com MX 10 smtp.example.com
Where smtp.example.com has an A record pointing to your
server. It's OK to reuse example.com or www.example.com if
they have the correct A record. Don't use CNAME records in an MX.
Hopefully the provider has a help page somewhere that tells
where in the control panel to add an MX record. Google for
more info.
-- Noel Jones
