Newbie DNS-questions

[pratrik]

Hello!

I have tried google the web and the forums, but since I do not know what to search for it is quite tricky.

I apologize if this question is on a really newbie level. I run a whm-server without the correct knowledge to do so, but thanks to whm/cpanels excellent features it mostly goes well. But now I have some serious trouble.

On my server I host (for free) the domain domain.com. It is my local scout troops site. They have a lot of mail accounts and mailing lists configured. A week ago they wanted to switch to a site provided by the scout association, but keep their mail service at my server.

Without better knowledge I setup a A-record that directed all web traffic to their new server, which worked fine. But what also happened of course was that all mail traffic also was diverted. I guess this is because the MX-record is configured to use the domain which then later is diverted away by the A-record.

But how do I solve this? I want web traffic to go to the new server (31.192.230.246) and subdomains and mail traffic to stay at my server (109.74.3.26). I just simply cant solve it by myself.

 

[quietFinn]

Go to WHM-> DNS Functions-> Edit DNS Zone and edit zone domain.com.
Change record:

mail 14400 IN CNAME domain.com
to
mail 14400 IN A <IP_ADDRESS_OF_DOMAIN.COM>

and

domain.com. 14400 IN MX 0 domain.com.
to
domain.com. 14400 IN MX 0 mail.domain.com.

Then under "Email routing"
select
"Automatically Detect Configuration"
and click "Save".

In the next page it should say:
"LOCAL MAIL EXCHANGER: This server will serve as a primary mail exchanger for domain.com's mail."

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

Yes, the instructions in the previous post are accurate. You can modify the "A" record for "mail" and ensure the MX records point to the mail subdomain.

Thank you.

 

[pratrik]

Thank you for you kind support! It did work.

However, as a result of me sending all trafic on domain.com to another server a cannot access mailmans moderation tools anymore (domain.com/mailman/admindb/listname)

Any ideas how this could be solved.

Many thanks in advance. Your help is really appreciated.

Best regards
Patrik

 

[cPanelMichael]

Try accessing Mailman directly over the hostname of the server where the list is hosted. Replace "domain.com" with the hostname of the server.

Thank you.

 

[pratrik]

Hello again!

Your solution only partly solves the problem. I can access the mailman admin interaface the way you suggest above, however when I click any link or try to save a configuration it is the old URL that's being loaded - which takes me to the wrong server and give me an 404. Is there any solution for this? Can I change what URL the admin interface should have?

Best regards
Patrik

 

[cPanelMichael]

Please run the following command to ensure your mailing lists are configured to your hostname:

/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/bin/withlist -l -r fix_url -a hostname-here.com -v

Let us know if this helps.

Thank you.