[UCIMC-Tech] point MX records to Google mail servers?

[Barry Isralewitz]

Hi,

	Just to clarify on the below: I don't think I have the admin access to do this myself for thebikeproject.org  (for example, I don't have  login access to ns.chambana.net).
	Could someone with admin permissions edit the DNS zone file records for for me?

			Cheers,

			Barry


On Sep 1, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Barry Isralewitz wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 	I'd like to point the MX records for thebikeproject.org to Google's mail servers (then will use a feature of Google Apps for Non-profits).
> I think we'd need to change the records on the chambana.net servers, not at my registrar 1and1, since my registrar's only involvement is to point  to chambana nameservers (ns.chambana.net and ns2.chambana.net).  As far as I know, thebikeproject.org is  currently not using mail at all on chambana.net servers, so no active service would be endangered. I'm pretty sure our chambana mailing lists (bikecoop, bikecoop-staff, bikecoop-announce) would not be affected at all --  but I don't know enough Mailman mailing list internals to be 100% positive; let me know if you think otherwise.
>  
> 
> The MX values I'd like are at 
> "MX Record Values, Google Apps Documentation"
> http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=174125
> …except with TTL set to 86400, so:
> 
> Name/Host/Alias	Time to Live (TTL)	Record Type	Value/Answer/Destination
> Blank or @	86400	MX	1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
> Blank or @	86400	MX	5 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
> Blank or @	86400	MX	5 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
> Blank or @	86400	MX	10 ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM
> Blank or @	86400	MX	10 ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM
> 
> 	Essential, says Google,  that ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM gets top priority.
> 
> 	I may be  a little rusty here, let  me know if something is obviously wrong…
> 
> 			Cheers,
> 			
> 			Barry
> 
> -- 
> Barry Isralewitz
> Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group
> 3043 Beckman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> Office Phone: (217) 244-1612
> email: barryi at ks.uiuc.edu   http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~barryi
> 

-- 
Barry Isralewitz
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group
3043 Beckman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Office Phone: (217) 244-1612
email: barryi at ks.uiuc.edu   http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~barryi

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