problem with mx record and ispconfig

[lrider]

Hello,

Some email programs will not send emails to domains that do not have a MX record.

I have created and deleted a domain with all the combinations of options that I found regarding dns, and could not create the MX for the domain in question.

I had to do it manually. Is there a way of doing it by default when I add a domain to a site or whe I create the site?

Thank's in advance.

[till]

I had to do it manually. Is there a way of doing it by default when I add a domain to a site or whe I create the site?

Did you enable the create MX checkbox when you created the website and the co-domain?

[lrider]

Yes, I did so.
But the only MX created was with the server hostname and domain.
Example:

ispconfig server hostname : "ns1"
ispconfig server domain name: "activa-icard.com"
new domain to add : www.telemara.com

After I created the site the following appears in the DNS-Manager
A Record
Ip-Address Hostname
195.76.213.194 www

MX Record
MailServer Hostname
ns1.activa-icard.com www

MX created to "ns1.activa-icard.com" instead of "www.telemara.com".
With this configuration, some tools like the one present in www.checkdns.net show that there are no MX record for the domain created.
(http://www.checkdns.net/quickcheck.aspx?domain=telemara.com&detailed=1).

[ego]

My server does the same. I just go in and creat my own MX such as mail.fqdn.com, works well for me.

the default goes to www.fqdn.com which works also, but I like the mail.fqdn.com

I am no DNS expert, but has this domain been moved? It may take a bit for the dns to replicate before it starts showing correctly.

[lrider]

Maybe I am not focusing correctly the problem.

The problem is that whatever I do, it is not beeing recognised as a MX record unless I do it by hand.

This is what I have to put in the DNS record for it to be recognised as a MX record.
I also want to point out that I am not an expert in DNS so I may be doing something wrong.

******************************
A Record
Ip-Address.....Hostname
-------------- -------------
195.76.213.194 www
195.76.213.194 mail IN
MX
MailServer........Hostname
----------------- -----------
mail.telemara.com @ IN

******************************

[till]

The problem is that the automatic co-domain creation (the co-domain with empty host field) does not create a MX for this co-domain automatically.

I've added it to our todo list.

[falko]

Yes, I did so.
But the only MX created was with the server hostname and domain.
Example:

ispconfig server hostname : "ns1"
ispconfig server domain name: "activa-icard.com"
new domain to add : www.telemara.com

After I created the site the following appears in the DNS-Manager
A Record
Ip-Address Hostname
195.76.213.194 www

MX Record
MailServer Hostname
ns1.activa-icard.com www

MX created to "ns1.activa-icard.com" instead of "www.telemara.com".That's fine.
With this configuration, some tools like the one present in www.checkdns.net show that there are no MX record for the domain created.
(http://www.checkdns.net/quickcheck.aspx?domain=telemara.com&detailed=1).
Because you created an MX record for www.telemara.com, not telemara.com.

[lrider]

I disagree.

As you can see in the example I posted, the MX created was to "ns1.activa-icard.com" and not to "www.telemara.com".

The domain I just added is "telemara.com".

And it does not matter if you are creating a new domain or adding a co-domain.

The problem is the same one.

[falko]

You created an MX record for www.telemara.com which points to ns1.activa-icard.com. What's the problem with this?

[lrider]

No problem for it to be with other name (like ns1.activa-icard.com).

The problem is that it is not beeing recognised as a MX record.

Right now the domain "telemara.eu" is created with the default values of ispconfig.

Check in the following places and see how it does not recognise the MX record.

http://www.checkdns.net/quickcheck.aspx?domain=telemara.eu&detailed=1

http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=telemara.eu

This is a copy of the configuration of the DNS in ispconfig:

A Record
------------------------------------------------------------------
IP-Adresse Hostname
195.76.213.194 www
------------------------------------------------------------------
CNAME
------------------------------------------------------------------
Hostname Target
------------------------------------------------------------------
MX
------------------------------------------------------------------
Mailserver Hostname
ns1.activa-icard.com www
ns1.activa-icard.com
------------------------------------------------------------------
SPF
------------------------------------------------------------------
Hostname
------------------------------------------------------------------

[falko]

There's a problem with your NS records:

mh1:~# dig ns telemara.eu

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> ns telemara.eu
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56991
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;telemara.eu. IN NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
telemara.eu. 86386 IN NS 195.76.213.194.
telemara.eu. 86386 IN NS 195.76.213.195.

;; Query time: 2 msec
;; SERVER: 81.169.163.104#53(81.169.163.104)
;; WHEN: Tue Nov 14 14:45:21 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 85These must be FQDNs, not IP addresses.

[lrider]

I am not sure what I have done, but things seem to be working ok now.

Any way, I would sugest a new option:

If you want a dns record for MX to choose between:

your isponfig server (ns1.activa-icard.com on my case)
or
mail."your domain" (mail.telemara.eu)

When you are serving diferent domains for privates, the prefer to have things personalised. (www.mydomain.com, ftp.mydomain.com, mail.mydomain.com, pop3.mydomain.com, smtp.mydomain.com, etc.).

Thank's for the help given.