To clarify you're supposed to use MX to point to a CNAME (mail.domain.com) which then leads to an A (1.2.3.4)
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 7:36 PM, Timothy Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > We’ve found the dns by default points the mx to the @ record (master a > record.) > > I’d suggest changing mail.domain.com to point to an a record (probably a > cname or domain.com by default) to your cPanel server IP then point the > mx to mail.domain.com. > > (replace domain.com with whatever your domain is) > > You can then edit the master @ a record and point it to your new server. > > At this point mx should point to mail.domain.com and mail.domain.com > should be an a record to your cPanel server. > > cPanel dns isn’t setup by default to have your site hosted on a different > server then your mail since it usually references domain.com for mail/mx. > > Tim > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 13, 2018, at 7:00 PM, TJ Trout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cpanel > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 11:00 AM TJ Trout <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Cpanel >> >> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 10:36 AM Steve Jones <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> What dns platform >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 4:58 PM CBB - Jay Fuller < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> to me, it does look like the a record. >>>> not sure why the a record would be screwing with the mx (email) record >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> *From:* TJ Trout <[email protected]> >>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>> *Sent:* Monday, August 13, 2018 4:37 PM >>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] How to point domain via dns >>>> >>>> So I am trying to point a domains web traffic at a different server by >>>> modifying the DNS records, I thought the A record was the trick but the A >>>> record seems to over ride the MX record even though the MX record is set >>>> correctly, as soon as I change the a record back to my server the MX record >>>> follows even though it never changes in my DNS settings. (dns server not >>>> registrar) >>>> >>>> How can I keep everything pointed at my server except the web traffic? >>>> Looking for which DNS zone that might be? >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >
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