hosting domain with external mail server

[KMK Enterprises]

Thanks for replying, Chirpy. Actually, I didn't create a new MX record - I left those as they were because the client wished to have them continue to point at their server. They use NetSol to manage their DNS - we're not handling that on our server. The problem seems to have been a propagation issue, as it's all working fine now. For some reason it just took quite a bit longer for the domain to resolve without the www.

I think I'm spoiled - it's been ages since I've used anything but the cPanel interface for DNS - So, for the benefit of those who may need to use NetSol's DNS manager, they separate DNS management into three different control panels: IP Address/A Records, Mail Servers/MS Records, and Host Aliases/CNAME.

A records for this domain appear as:
www.theirdomain.com xx.xxx.xxx.xxx (IP on our server)
@ (None).theirdomain.com xx.xxx.xxx.xxx (IP on our server)
* (All Others).theirdomain.com xx.xxx.xxx.xxx (IP on our server)
mail.theirdomain.com xx.xxx.xxx.xxx (IP on their server) - did not edit

MX records are listed in rank order (did not edit - as client set it up years ago):
mail.theirdomain.com (20) xx.xxx.xxx.xxx (IP on their server)
NS3.anotherserver.com (10) xx.xxx.xxx.xxx (secondary MX records - 3rd IP on 3rd server)

CNAME: (did not edit)
none

Thanks again for replying, Chirpy.

KMK

[kingx]

i have added the domain to remotedomain, but still get an error in exim saying that the remote host address is the local host

[chirpy]

Did you also remove the domain from /etc/localdomains and made sure that the MX record for the domain on the server resolves correctly (you may have to wait for propagation depnding on how you have your DNS setup).

[sebby]

On the advice of a friend more knowledgeable than I, I pointed my MX to 'mail.mydomain.com.' instead of 'mydomain.com.' and then changed the CNAME for 'mail' in my zone file to an A pointing to the remote IP, and this seemed to work. I then removed the domain from localdomains and added it to remotedomains.

Hello all !

I followed Verdon's Instruction above. It seems to be working so far.

However, how can I prevent the domain to be added automatically to the etc/localdomains whenever I restart the BIND Services (DNS Server) in WHM ?

Cheers !

Sebby

[noimad1]

hmmmm...i seem to be having this problem as well.

I have confirmed that the user is not listed in the /etc/localdomains /etc/userdomains and is listed in the /etc/remotedomains file, and their mx record is resolving correctly, but I am still getting the:

remote host address is the local host

When sending mail from the same server?

Is there something else that I may be missing?

[EricP]

Wow...it's now nearly 5 years since the last post on this...

I too need to delete the DNS zone file before mail to the same domain started to work as Servia stated:

1. create account,
2. remove dns zones,
3. remove the domain from localdomains,
4. add the domain to remotedomains.
(5) Also the customer had to change their 'A'-entry to point to my server.

I usually use Google Apps Email to set up a domain's email (MUCH MUCH easier than managing email via CPanel).