Exchange

Need to point your domain's MX record to your Exchange server's IP address? Running into problems trying to do this? That's because you need to set up a custom A record on your domain first. An MX record can not point to an IP address. Here's how to get that working.

Creating a custom A record
First, you'll need to create an A record that points to your Exchange server's IP address.


 * 1) Click the DNS link located under one of your domains in the Manage Domains page of your control panel.
 * 2) In the Name: field, either something like  or whatever else you'd like to set it to. This can be anything.
 * 3) Leave the Type: set to A.
 * 4) In the Value: field, enter the IP address of your Exchange server.
 * 5) Leave the Comment: field blank unless you feel you need to enter something there. This is not necessary.

Changing the MX record
Now that you've got your custom A record set up, you just need to modify your MX records to point to this.


 * 1) Click the edit button located next to your domain in the Custom MX/Gmail page of your control panel.
 * 2) Scroll down to the Custom MX Records section.
 * 3) In the first MX Record: field, enter in
 * 4) Of course, you'll need to replace  with the name of whatever you entered in the Name: field in the section above. Also make sure to replace   with the domain you set this up on.
 * 5) Do not check the I still want DreamHost to accept email for this domain. button.
 * 6) Click the Change this domain to use custom MX records now! button to save the change.