By martinsz
Hello, I’m setting up the MX records for my domain name, and the mail provider (mailhostbox by xtraorbitz) is not being able to verify it. I think it is expecting a different format in the zone file. This is what they tell me to configure:
Add following MX entry congresointeractivo.org. 86400 IN MX 100 mx1.mailhostbox.com. congresointeractivo.org. 86400 IN MX 100 mx2.mailhostbox.com. congresointeractivo.org. 86400 IN MX 100 mx3.mailhostbox.com.
Add the following CNAME record pop.congresointeractivo.org. 86400 IN CNAME pop.mailhostbox.com.
Etcetera.
And this is my current zone file:
$TTL 1800 @ IN SOA NS1.DIGITALOCEAN.COM. hostmaster.congresointeractivo.org. ( 1380205577 ; last update: 2013-09-26 14:26:17 UTC 3600 ; refresh 900 ; retry 1209600 ; expire 1800 ; ttl ) IN NS NS1.DIGITALOCEAN.COM. NS NS2.DIGITALOCEAN.COM. NS NS3.DIGITALOCEAN.COM. MX 100 mx1.mailhostbox.com. MX 100 mx2.mailhostbox.com. MX 100 mx3.mailhostbox.com. @ IN A 162.243.21.97 www CNAME @ pop.congresointeractivo.org. CNAME pop.mailhostbox.com.
The difference seems to be the format in which they expect the entries to be.
When they try to verify that the MX is properly set up, it fails and I’m lost now.
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