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 <t...@voltbb.com> wrote: > > Cpanel > >> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 11:00 AM TJ Trout <t...@fdisturlock.com> wrote: >> Cpanel >> >>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 10:36 AM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> What dns platform >>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 4:58 PM CBB - Jay Fuller <par...@cyberbroadband.net> >>>> 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 >>>> To: af@af.afmug.com >>>> 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 >>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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