mail through exchange server, quick please?

[Desdinova]

I've used the search and noticed there have been questions like these before. But I'm a noob, haha, so I need some extra assistance.

The domain.com is hosted at my server, and has a website. the mail should go to their exchange server, of which I have an IP address.

I've logged in as the user, and editted the MX record to
123.123.123.123 MX 10
unchecked the checkbox, and deleted the mail MX. should this work?
and do I need to restart a service?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Desdinova]

hmm mail is not working, so there must be something wrong.

maybe a dot behind the IP? ie 123.123.123.123. ? or is there more that needs fixing..

 

[will-lo]

you should not point MX to an IP address but a hostname

you should change to like this: IN MX 10 mail
then point A record of mail to an IP address

mail IN A 123.123.123.123 where 123.123.123.123 is the IP of the exchange server.

remove the domain name from /etc/virtual/domains also.
hope this helps.