How to add a Mail Exchanger (MX) record to a zone.
To add a mail exchanger record:
- From the configuration drop-down menu, select a configuration.
- Select the DNS tab. Tabs remember the page you last worked on, so select the tab again to ensure you're on the Configuration information page.
- Under DNS Views, click a DNS view.
- Under Top Level Domains, navigate to the top level domain, DNS zone, or DNS sub-zone where you want to add or edit a resource record.
- Click the Resource Records tab.
- Under Resource Records, click New and select Mail Exchanger Record (MX).
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Under
General, set the following
parameters:
- Name—to specify a name for the record, select this option and enter a name.
- Same as Zone—to use the zone name for the name of the mail exchanger record, select this option.
- Priority—enter a value to indicate mail server’s priority. If you don't provide a value, zero (0) is automatically set as the priority.
- Host—select a host record from the drop-down menu. To specify an external host, enter the name of the host and select External Host.
- Override TTL—to change the time-to-live value for the record, select this option and enter a value in the field. Select a unit of time from the drop-down menu.
- Under Additional Information, enter notes describing the resource record in the Comments field.
- Under Change Control, add comments, if required.
- Click Add or click Add Next.