MX Records (Mail Exchange) are DNS records that are used to route email to email servers. You can have numerous MX Records posting to different email servers to prevent loss of email due to downtime. Email is sent to servers pointed to in MX records based on Priority which states that the lowest the Priority number the higher the priority of the server. Emails will be routed to MX records of 0 first.
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CNames in DNS – What are…
CNames map subdomains to domain names. You can point MAIL.domain.com to the Gmail portal for your company, or SALES.domain.com to SalesForce.com. This allows you to use an easy to remember naming strategy for users to […]
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DNS Registrar – What is…
A DNS Registrar is authorized by ICANN to sell domain names. They essentially do the admin work required for the Domain Name System. Registrars have become important because they are private companies and they have […]
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