Configure DNS for Mail service

Configuring DNS for Mail service involves creating MX records in DNS for your mail servers.

If your ISP provides DNS service, contact the ISP so they can enable your MX records. Follow these steps only if you provide your own DNS service.

You might want to set up multiple servers for redundancy. If so, create an MX record for each auxiliary server.

  1. Select DNS in the Server app sidebar.

    If you don’t have the Primary Zone for the mail domain name configured, create it now. See Provide DNS service.

  2. Click Add add below the Records field, then select Add Mail Exchanger Record.

  3. Click the Zone pop-up menu, then select the zone for the mail domain name.

  4. Enter the fully-qualified domain name of the mail server.

  5. If you wish, add a priority number to the record.

  6. Click Create.

  7. If the fully-qualified domain name of the mail server doesn’t have an A record or a CNAME record, create that now.