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MX record for Subdomain

wiggy42 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:18:24 GMT

Hi,

We have a domain with BT. We wish to use a subdomain for a email elsewhere

So xyz.com is our main address

email.xyz.com is to be used for email elsewhere

Is it possible to set up an MX record for a subdomain?

I have managed to set up the A record, but can't see how I would attribute the mx record to the subdomain and not the domain.

Thanks

Re: MX record for Subdomain

Ian1974 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:58:46 GMT

Hi Wiggy42,

This will need to be added as follows.

Type - MX

Key - @

Value - email.xyz.com

Plus your A record as follows.

Type - A

Key - email

Value - IP address of the new server.

This should work, if not please let me know.

Kind Regards,

Ian - F -

BT Business Domains

Re: MX record for Subdomain

wiggy42 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:45:27 GMT

Thank you

Is it possible to set up spf records for this subdomain without affecting the main domain?

Re: MX record for Subdomain

Ian1974 — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:38:34 GMT

I can confirm this is possible.

It is just a case of entering the "key" as "email" as follows.

Type - TXT

Key - email

Value - Spf record.

Kind Regards,

Ian - F -

BT Business Domains

Re: MX record for Subdomain

wiggy42 — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:15:05 GMT

Hi Ian,

Thanks for that.

I have now been instructed that for email.xyz.com I need to set up two equal priority records

MX 10 abc.com

MX 10 EFG.com

How would I handle this so it is attributed to email.xyz.com and not xyz.com

I am also having issues adding a DKIM record due to the character limit to the field in the interface, I suspect I will need to call BT to sort this one.

Re: MX record for Subdomain

Ian1974 — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 15:23:23 GMT

Hi Wiggy42,

Please can you sent me a private message with the exact instructions, as well as the DKIM record as these can only be added on our side.

Thanks,

Ian - F -

BT Business Domains

Re: MX record for Subdomain

wiggy42 — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:07:59 GMT

Hi Ian,

I haev PM'd you

Thanks