DNS settings MX...how do I do this?

[WebGuy]

I'm new to PLESK and am having difficulty getting the proper DNS settings to work correctly (or the way I think they should). When I go to mail.mydomain.com this takes me to my website, which is not what I want.

How do I stop this from happening?

Shouldn't this be set to go to my webmail?...like webmail.mydomain.com does?

Here are my DEFAULT setttings:

Host---------------------Record type-----------Value
<domain>. ---------------NS-------------------ns.<domain>.
<domain>. ---------------A --------------------<ip>
<domain>. ---------------MX (10) --------------mail.<domain>.
<ip> / 24 ----------------PTR ------------------<domain>.
ftp.<domain>. ------------CNAME ---------------<domain>.
mail.<domain>. -----------A -------------------<ip>
ns.<domain>. ------------A --------------------<ip>
webmail.<domain>. -------A --------------------<ip>

TIA,
WebGuy

 

[shoggy24]

you cannot use mail.domain.com for webmail unless you creae a cname record pointing mail.domain.com to webmail.domain.com although i dont know why you would want to do this since mail.domain.com is use for smtp, pop3 and mx records

 

[faris]

I think you might need to explain your problem in more detail.

mail.yourdomain.com points to the same IP address as yourmain.com

But in the Apache config files there will not be a mail.yourdomains.com so no website should be displayed UNLESS yourdomain.com is the default domain for that IP.

So, to stop it happening, don't have your IP as the default domain for that IP.

Or have I misunderstood what you do and don't want to happen?

 

[WebGuy]

Thanks shoggy24 and faris for the reply...

I'm in the process of moving to another hosting service and to a vitrual dedicated server, hosting at GoDaddy. This is my first experience setting this up and I'm not too sure how everything is supposed to work.

The default IP is set to the test website I am working on to go live. So mydomain.com is the default domain for that IP, otherwise I wouldn't be able to view this test website. GoDaddy only allows you to view websites on the IP if it is set as the default. (unless you guys know of a way around this?)

As I understand (I think) smtp, pop3 is automatically set up, but until I actually go live with the website email functionality won't work...as I'm only on the IP and the domain is still hosted elsewhere until I make the name server switch.

I would like to be able to test email functionality...but I'm assuming there is no way to test from just the IP for now...

Is this correct?

Once I go live with the website is it also correct to assume that typing mail.mydomain.com in the browser address box will not lead to the website, because it will then be actually pointed to the mail server?...or is there something I need to set up in order for this not to happen?

I know I probably sound like a complete "moron" but I've got to learn all this somehow and was thrown into the literal fire here...

So any help or further explanation would be appreciated.

TIA,
The "Rookie" Web Guy