Topic: mail server

[pz]

does e -smith have a dedicated mail server that can receive email directly for a domain .and not from a pop accout

[Allen Rapini]

absolutely, assuming that all the MX records are in order. It uses qmail, not sendmail.

[pz]

i have set my mx record to

mail.xxxxxx.com to ip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

or should it be domain.com only with out the  ( mail  )

thanks for your help

[Iwan]

assuming you have a static ip address, i think all you have to do is create an A record and point your mail (MX record) to that address.
ex.(you want to have user@xxxxx.com recived by your es mail server)
mail.xxxxx.com IN A 123.456.789.123 (this is your es box ip address)
xxxxx.com IN MX 10 mail.xxxxx.com

hth,
Iwan