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MX records are used by the Domain Name System (DNS) to control the delivery of email to mail servers using SMTP.

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sendmail and MX records when mail server is not on web host

This is a problem I'm sure is easy to fix, but I've been banging my head on it all day. I'm developing a new web site for a client. The web site resides at (this is an example) website.com. I have a PHP form script to email visitors' requests to…
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How can I create an mx record with openshift?

Openshift domain (example.com) requires a CNAME pointing to my example.rhcloud.com. However by doing this, and not allowing us to do an A record with IP they are breaking the ability to do an MX record for example.com since an MX record requires…
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MX record issue for Godaddy hosted emails on Amazon route 53

We were using ey3 hosting (Godaddy reseller) for hosting application and emails. Recently we decided to move our application hosting to Amazon and for that we decided to use Amazon Route 53 services as well. We were successfully able to switch the…
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How do I set my hostname and DNS records if I'm running Apache and Postfix from the same VPS?

I've recently taken on a VPS (Ubuntu 12.04) to host a few websites (with domains) and have recently set up Postfix/Dovecot to act as a mail server for the sites as well. The name server records are pointing to my registrar's nameservers. I have a…
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Redirect mail with AWS route 53 mx records

I have two domains: mydomain.fi using AWS Route 53 DNS mydomain.com hosted on hostmonster I am trying to set up an email address for mydomain.fi. Instead of installing a email server on EC2 or purchasing a Google Apps account my idea was to…
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How Amazon Route 53 MX and Google Apps

I hosted a domain at dreamhost.com and I changed the nameserver to amazon's nameserver so I could use it on Router 53 (the whole domain). I added a few records in order to host the site on S3. So far so good. The next step was to set Google Apps to…
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Specify remote port to use for mail via exim4

I've got a stock Debian Etch system, using Exim4. The domains are mostly local but there are some that are remote. To handle the delivery of remote mail I use the Debian configuration file: /etc/exim4/hubbed_hosts This file lists the domain…
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PHP Form not sending to email address on same server

I'm using a very simple PHP form on my websites, but the form will not send the message to any email sitting on my server I.E pixology.net/contact.php Will not send to brad@pixology.net But will send to bradhouston@gmail.com Here is the code, any…
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How to use getmxrr to get the host name, ip address of mail server?

From the phpmanual, the getmxrr( get mx record) is a bool value, it is true if the record exist. However, i would like to get more information about the mail domain, for example: A simple mx lookup record (hotmail) is like this: Pref Hostname …
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How to do DNS lookup in a Windows Azure web role?

I download DnDNS from http://dndns.codeplex.com/ and get it work at local IIS. sample code: request.Resolve("8.8.8.8", domain_a_string, NsType.MX, NsClass.INET, ProtocolType.Udp, null); but on Windows Azure, not work, it says cannot connect to the…
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Sending email to an MX record through an ASP.NET website using the SmtpClient class

I've recently been having issues sending email from my web application. I keep getting a connection refused exception from the mail relay (and it's always the same mail relay). After some thorough discussion with the mail team, I've been told that…
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Android DNS MX record lookup

I want to lookup dns mx records an the android platform. When using http://www.dnsjava.org on android new Lookup("gmail.com", Type.MX).run(); always returns null. import org.xbill.DNS.Lookup; import org.xbill.DNS.MXRecord; import…
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determine smtp server for a given email address python smtplib

Given an email address is it possible to determine what the smtp address is using python. I am building an email application using python smtplib. Thanks
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Yandex Connect MX records for this domain have not been set up

I've tried to move my domain from GoDaddy to Yandex Connect And in the admin setting about my domain, I see: MX records for this domain have not been set up But MX record added automatically Host: @ Record type: MX Record value:…
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DNS MX record lookup on Oreo and above

On lookup dns mx records an the android OS8 platform, I am always getting null on new Lookup("gmail.com", Type.MX).run(). I am using dnsjava-2.1.8.jar (http://www.dnsjava.org/) Record[] mxRecords = new Lookup("gmail.com", Type.MX).run(); for (Record…
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