To setup MX and A records you will need a DNS, this can be a little complicated to setup for some people. In the above MX records, each MX record then points at an A record, is an A record which would resolve to the IP of the machine running SurgeMail.
This isn't essential though because even if you only have 1 mail server and 1 mx record, if a server sends to you and your server is down, the sending server usually will keep trying to deliver the message to your server for at least 24 hours. It's a good idea to try and setup at least 2 MX records this of course requires two servers, this means if your main server is down, the mail will get sent to the secondary machine which then forwards it to the primary once it comes back up again. The way MX records work is the lowest number has the highest priority, so if I send an email to, the server will first try to send to the the record with 10 () if that machine is down, then it tries the next MX record and so on and so on until it finds what that is working and then it delivers the message. MX preference = 20, mail exchanger = .nz MX preference = 25, mail exchanger = .nz
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If you go to the command prompt in Windows or the shell in *nix you can type MX (Mail Exchange) records are only used by mail servers and they tell other mail servers where to send mail for your domain, so it is important to set these up. There are several types of DNS records but as far as mail is concerned we are interested in the A records and the MX records. Once you have your domain, then you need to setup the DNS records for it. You can find a list of Internet Registrars from these sites. There are a lot of Internet registrars that sell domains so you should shop around for the best deal you can find and usually buying the domain for a few years at a time gives you a discount. People will be able to send to and that user will be able to login with an email client such as outlook express and receive that message, they can also use the built in web based email client WebMail to check their mail. , then you can setup email accounts for that domain, so you will email addresses like etc. Generally you will need your own domain e.g. Some of these can be done after the server is installed but it's best to keep them in mind before you start. So you want to setup a mail server, here we will quickly run through what is required and things you will need to setup before actually getting the server up and running.
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