I am in the process of deploying a new mail server and I want to test it by sending test mail to a sub domain but the remainder of the mail should still be sent to the existing server. We have multiple broadband lines so we have a few static IPs. My intention is to point a sub domain of our hosted domain at a static IP which is routed to the new server, however I am not sure my DNS entries are correct, is the correct? It feels as if there should be more to the second mx record. myhosteddomain.co.uk. Left field Type Pri Right field mail1 a x.x.x.100 mailtest.myhosteddomain.co.uk. a x.x.x.120 mx 20 mail1 mx 30 mailtest.myhosteddomain.co.uk. Thanks
That looks fine to me. Edit: I misinterpreted what it is you're trying to achieve. You need a 'mailtest' on the left hand side of the final MX record. It's a tad irrelevant, but the record needn't be a lower priority than mail1 either.
mail1 A x.x.x.100 mailtest A x.x.x.120 MX 20 mail1 mailtest MX 20 mailtest
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Bob, thanks. I hadn't appreciated that the left field for mail1, because it is blank, is actually pointing at the hosted domain name. Presumably using FQDN it would read myhosteddomainname.co.uk. MX 20 mail1.myhosteddomainname.co.uk.
