>> I need to get a form MX or an MX form, so I can switch web hosts, and >> remain a squirrelmail user. Please help me with this. > > What is a form MX or MX form? > > MX is a DNS record type which means Mail eXchanger. In DNS world, you need > to setup (at least) an MX record, an A record, and a PTR record for each > inbound smtp (e-mail) server that people should send mail to.
You don't have to setup the PTR records, they are often not controllable by most people, and are left in the hands of the providers. If the provider decides to set them, it quite often takes some convincing to adjust them to suite you. MX records are certainly suggested, but I don't think absolutely required. Most mail services fail back to attempting A records anyway, but there are times when you don't want to have a domain with mail services. -- Jonathan Angliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/wiki.php?MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: [email protected] List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id)95 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
