Configuring the MX record for a domain
After you verify ownership of the domain, configure your domain MX record to deliver mail to the service.
About this task
Important: If you plan to
migrate mail data from a Microsoft
Exchange server using the Mail Onboarding Manager tool,
consider when the best time is to configure the MX record. You can
configure it at any time -- before, after, or during the migration,
but each of these decisions impacts your migration differently. See
the technote Migration limitations using the Mail Onboarding Manager
to migrate mail data from on-premises Microsoft Exchange server to the cloud for
a description of how migration is impacted in each of these scenarios.
A Mail eXchange (MX) record identifies an SMTP host to which mail for a domain is sent. To enable your service users to receive email addressed to the verified domain, edit or create an MX record. Configure the MX record to point to the IBM SmartCloud® Notes® SMTP host name. If this domain is new, create an MX record for it.
Contact
your domain provider for information about the steps required to create
or edit MX records. When you configure the MX record, specify one
of the following SMTP host names, depending on the data center that
you use.
- If you use the United States data center, specify smtp.notes.na.collabserv.com.
- If you use the Asia Pacific data center, specify smtp.notes.ap.collabserv.com.
- If you use the European data center, specify smtp.notes.ce.collabserv.com.
Delete any MX records used previously for the domain.