Updated on 2024-03-15 GMT+08:00

Adding an MX Record Set

Scenarios

If you want to map email servers to a domain name, you can add MX record sets.

For details about other types of record sets, see Record Set Types and Configuration Rules.

Prerequisites

You have deployed an email server and obtained its domain name.

Procedure

  1. Go to the DNS console.
  2. In the navigation pane, choose Public Zones or Private Zones.

    The zone list is displayed.

  3. (Optional) If you have selected Private Zones, click on the upper left corner to select the region and project.
  4. Click the domain name.
  5. Click Add Record Set.

    The Add Record Set dialog box is displayed.

  6. Configure the parameters based on Table 1.
    Table 1 Parameters for adding an MX record set

    Parameter

    Description

    Example Value

    Name

    Prefix of the domain name to be resolved.

    For example, if the domain name is example.com, the prefix can be as follows:

    • www: The domain name is www.example.com, which is usually used for a website.
    • Left blank: The domain name is example.com.

      The Name field cannot be set to an at sign (@). Just leave it blank.

    • abc: The domain name is abc.example.com, a subdomain of example.com.
    • mail: The domain name is mail.example.com, which is typically used for email servers.
    • *: The domain name is *.example.com, which is a wildcard domain name, indicating all subdomains of example.com.

    Left blank

    Type

    Type of the record set

    A message may be displayed indicating that the record set you are trying to add conflicts with an existing record set.

    For details, see Why Is a Message Indicating Conflict with an Existing Record Set Displayed When I Add a Record Set?

    MX – Map domains to email servers

    Line

    Resolution line.

    The DNS server will return the IP address of the specific line, depending on where the visitors come from.

    This parameter is only designated for public domain names.

    • Default: returns the default resolution result irrespective of where the visitors come from.
    • ISP: returns the resolution result based on visitors' carrier networks. For details, see Configuring ISP Lines.
    • Region: returns the resolution result based on visitors' geographical locations. For details, see Configuring Region Lines.

    Default

    TTL (s)

    Cache duration of the record set on a local DNS server, in seconds.

    The value ranges from 1 to 2147483647, and the default is 300.

    If your service address changes frequently, set TTL to a smaller value.

    Learn more about TTL.

    300

    Value

    Email server address

    You can enter a maximum of 50 record values, each on a separate line.

    The format is [priority][mail server host name].

    Configuration rules:
    • priority: priority for an email server to receive emails. A smaller value indicates a higher priority.
    • mail server host name: domain name provided by the email service provider

    10 mailserver.example.com.

    Weight

    (Optional) Weight of a record set. The value ranges from 0 to 1000, and the default value is 1.

    This parameter is only designated for public domain names.

    If a resolution line in a zone contains multiple record sets of the same type, you can set different weights to each record set. For details, see Configuring Weighted Routing.

    1

    Tag

    (Optional) Identifier of a record set. Each tag contains a key and a value. You can add a maximum of 10 tags to a record set.

    For details about tag key and value requirements, see Table 2.

    NOTE:

    If you have configured tag policies for DNS, you need to add tags to your record sets based on the tag policies. If you add a tag that does not comply with the tag policies, record sets may fail to be created. Contact the administrator to learn more about tag policies.

    example_key1

    example_value1

    Description

    (Optional) Supplementary information about the record set.

    You can enter a maximum of 255 characters.

    -

    Table 2 Tag key and value requirements

    Parameter

    Requirements

    Example Value

    Key

    • Cannot be left blank.
    • Must be unique for each resource.
    • Can contain a maximum of 36 characters.
    • Cannot start or end with a space nor contain special characters =*<>\,|/

    example_key1

    Value

    • Cannot be left blank.
    • Can contain a maximum of 43 characters.
    • Cannot start or end with a space nor contain special characters =*<>\,|/

    example_value1

  7. Click OK.
  8. Switch back to the Record Sets tab.

    You can view the added record set in the Normal state.