Assigning MX record for Microsoft Exchange Server

[musicarr]

Hi,

I have a client that is wanting their mail to be done through a new Microsoft Exchange server. They have given me an IP address for the new exchange server. I went to change the MX record for their account in WHM, but it will only take a domain name. How do I go about pointing the MX record to the exchange server if I only have an IP address? Can I create a sub domain, such as exchange.mydomain.com and point that subdomain to the IP address I was given and then assign the MX record to point to the subdomain (exchange.mydomain.com)? Or do I need the client to set up a completely different domain name, such as mydomain-exchange.com and set the MX record to that domain? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by musicarr

Hi,

I have a client that is wanting their mail to be done through a new Microsoft Exchange server. They have given me an IP address for the new exchange server. I went to change the MX record for their account in WHM, but it will only take a domain name. How do I go about pointing the MX record to the exchange server if I only have an IP address? Can I create a sub domain, such as exchange.mydomain.com and point that subdomain to the IP address I was given and then assign the MX record to point to the subdomain (exchange.mydomain.com)? Or do I need the client to set up a completely different domain name, such as mydomain-exchange.com and set the MX record to that domain? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

You can use an IP address instead of a domain name, usually.

[musicarr]

So in WHM where it says for the MX record:

0 mydomain.com.

I CAN put:

0 xx.xx.xx.xx.

Does there need to be a dot after the IP address just like the domain name, or not?

I don't want to mess this up.

Thanks.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by musicarr

So in WHM where it says for the MX record:

0 mydomain.com.

I CAN put:

0 xx.xx.xx.xx.

Does there need to be a dot after the IP address just like the domain name, or not?

I don't want to mess this up.

Thanks.

Hi,

See if this helps.

WHM/cPanel - need to have website on one server and email on another

When you save the record, it'll report an error if anything's wrong.

[lnxcode]

Originally Posted by musicarr

So in WHM where it says for the MX record:

0 mydomain.com.

I CAN put:

0 xx.xx.xx.xx.

Does there need to be a dot after the IP address just like the domain name, or not?

I don't want to mess this up.

Thanks.

Yea, the link provided by the other community member should get it resolved for you.

[musicarr]

Got it! I think... One question. In the link above, it says in step 8 and 9, it talks about "the domain you modified". Are they talking about mail.mydomain.com or just mydomain.com. I'm guessing the latter, mydomain.com. As I don't think mail.mydomain.com will show up in the localdomains file. Let me know if I'm right on this.

Also, are the files localdomains and remotedomains used by exim only?

Thanks.