Topic: MX record and ddclient

[Ted]

I have installed ddclient on my sme 6.5rc1 server.  In configuring it I find myself at a loss, in the sme console under dynamic clients I find this to fill in.

 Create a new publication virtual domain
Domain name ------------------------ This I know.
Brief description ------------------ This I know.
Primary i-bay    Primary i-bay ------ This I know.
where to publish ------------------- This I know.
login to publish:------------------- This I know.  
password to publish: --------------- This I know.
record MX: ------------------------- THIS I DON'T KNOW

What do I put here.

Thanks

Ted

Molon Labe

[AlistairH]

Hi Ted.

An MX record is what DNS uses to let SMTP mail systems know that your machine is a mail server. It should refer to your domain name, e.g. yourdomain.com

Do a Google search on 'MX Record' and you'll get loads of references explaining it in more detail.

[Ted]

I did google it.  So in what way does
My domain name
Domain name ------------------------ This I know.
:::::::::::::cut::::::

differ from my "record MX?
record MX: ------------------------- THIS I DON'T KNOW

Should I just put
www.my-domain-name.org in both?

Thanks

Ted

[Lowell Fuher]

For my MX record I put in "mail.domain-name.org" - and it didn't change the MX record in my ZoneEdit account.  
Does someone have an answer that guides us in the right direction?

The other parts of the "A" record changed properly.

Moe

[AlistairH]

Sorry for taking so long to reply to this Ted.

My understanding is that the MX record identifies your server as a mail server. Consequently you should put your-server-name.your-domain.org.

www.your-domain.org should work I believe if you have a CNAME entry in DNS for www that points to your server.

It's been a while since I really got into the nitty-gritty of DNS so you might want to confirm my understanding via another source.