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9 Aug 2018, 10:34 PM | #1 |
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Domain Mail
I pointed my Domain MX Records to Fast Mail. Now what is next step?
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10 Aug 2018, 02:07 AM | #2 |
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How about RTFM?
<https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/domains.html> <https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/domains-setup-mxonly.html> Please come back if you have a concrete question/issue. |
10 Aug 2018, 02:58 AM | #3 |
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Thought I asked a concrete question. Well when or how will I know when my Domain mail has become active on my FM acct I set Domain mx records to FM yesterday
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10 Aug 2018, 04:33 AM | #4 |
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That depends on the TTL previously set on your MX records. In most cases, this is set to 24 hours or less. If the settings were made correctly, and you have created your domain as a custom domain in your FastMail account, I would expect emails to be arriving in your FastMail account now. The domain setup page in FastMail tells you if the MX settings for the domain are correct.
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10 Aug 2018, 08:11 AM | #5 |
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Thank you very much Brit Tim you have helped me in the past
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10 Aug 2018, 05:34 PM | #6 |
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Hello, sheprd.
The quickest way to know the MX records propagated is to have a friend who is not a Fastmail subscriber send you a couple of test messages. If you have an account with another provider, send them yourself. Happy Friday. -- Jacinto |
10 Aug 2018, 08:34 PM | #7 |
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Thank you Jcento for a good suggestion I shall try it
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10 Aug 2018, 09:30 PM | #8 |
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Use MX Lookup Tool to check.
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11 Aug 2018, 03:13 PM | #9 |
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If I remember well Fastmail itself has an option when you configure your emails and identities to check if they work with the domain you added.
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11 Aug 2018, 05:45 PM | #10 | |
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Active. Nameservers set. Active. MX records set. Not yet active. Waiting for DNS change. |
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13 Aug 2018, 04:09 AM | #11 |
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How long should i it take for Domain records to Propogate? I changed my Domain records appromately 24 hours ago. and still waiting
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13 Aug 2018, 05:31 AM | #12 |
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13 Aug 2018, 06:34 AM | #13 |
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Thanks soromak and FredOnline I will check these
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13 Aug 2018, 07:08 AM | #14 |
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DNS and NS propagation after a change
First you need to look at your current published DNS records. Use MXToolbox.com or DNSstuff.com to look up your existing MX records. If you made a change to your MX records, they will propagate only after the previous TTL settings for that record time out. So what matters is the old TTL in your DNS records before the change.
Here are more details:
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14 Aug 2018, 04:59 AM | #15 |
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Thanks n5bb. I go to my Domain on FM and see Active mx records set
Also my TTL is set for one hour I have been at his for a couple days or more I remember trying to host my email with FM a few years ago but never could get it to work. I am probably doing something wrong |