Simple Mx Record help please

[wordpressuser101]

Can someone help me put these mx records in directAdmin. I don't know how to do it because it won't let me put * or @ in the name field.

MX
@
mx.domainname.com
30

MX
*
mx.domainname.com
30

 

[Active8]

Are you using DA name servers ? than it would add automatically.
When you are using your provider his nameserver than you only add

domainname.com. MX 10 mail

 

[wordpressuser101]

Are you using DA name servers ? than it would add automatically.
When you are using your provider his nameserver than you only add

domainname.com. MX 10 mail

Hi thanks for the reply. The records I posted are the mx records from a company called Netfirm. She told me to add them to my hosting. I am hosting with directadmin, so I need to change the mx records to point to Netfirm. She said simply copy these records into directadmin, but how do I do that? The @ and * symbol does not allow me to place it in the name fields. So yes, the name servers are pointing to my directadmin hosting.

 

[Richard G]

She said simply copy these records into directadmin, but how do I do that?

Active8 just told you how to do that. Replace the @ or * with the domain name and a dot behind hit.

So suppose the domain name is netfirm.com then you should add:
netfirm.com. 3600 MX 10 mail
mind the trailing dot behind the domain name.
You can do that in the DNS manager of the domain or add it on the MX page.

In your example it would become:
netfirm.com. 3600 MX 30 mx.netfirm.com.
again, mind the trailing dots.
Be aware of the fact that a value of 30 normally works more like a backup-mx, not like a primary MX which has value 10.
And @ and * is the same, so you only need one entry, like in this example.

 

[wordpressuser101]

Are you using DA name servers ? than it would add automatically.
When you are using your provider his nameserver than you only add

domainname.com. MX 10 mail

Awesome, thanks a lot

Active8 just told you how to do that. Replace the @ or * with the domain name and a dot behind hit.

So suppose the domain name is netfirm.com then you should add:
netfirm.com. 3600 MX 10 mail
mind the trailing dot behind the domain name.
You can do that in the DNS manager of the domain or add it on the MX page.

In your example it would become:
netfirm.com. 3600 MX 30 mx.netfirm.com.
again, mind the trailing dots.
Be aware of the fact that a value of 30 normally works more like a backup-mx, not like a primary MX which has value 10.
And @ and * is the same, so you only need one entry, like in this example.