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Getting Started > Incoming Filtering Configuration > Configuring MX Records > Updating MX Records In Windows 2003/2008 Server
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      • Configuring Your Mail Server
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        • Updating MX Records In Windows 2003/2008 Server
        • Updating MX Records On A Host Using BIND
        • Updating MX Records For Comodo DNS
        • Updating MX Records For GoDaddy
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        • Updating MX Records For Network Solutions
        • Updating MX Records For Yahoo! Small Business
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        • Updating MX Records For 4D Web Hosting
        • Updating MX Records For DNS Park
        • Updating MX Records For DreamHost
        • Updating MX Records For DynDNS
        • Updating MX Records For IX Web Hosting
        • Updating MX Records For No-IP
        • Updating MX Records In CPanel
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Updating MX Records in Windows 2003/2008 Server



  1. Open Control Panel by clicking Start > Control Panel and click 'Administrative Tools'.

  2. Select 'DNS'.

  3. Open the 'Forward Lookup Zones' folder.

  4. To back up the current configuration, right-click the sub-folder for the mail domain you are configuring, select 'export' from the context sensitive menu and save the configuration in a safe location.

  5. Open the zone/domain sub-folder for that mail domain.

  6. Delete all the existing MX records in that zone/domain.

  7. Enter a new record for primary mail server with a lowest priority number and enter its FQDN value as mxsrv1.spamgateway.comodo.com and click OK.

  8. Enter a new record for secondary mail server with the next lowest priority number and enter its FQDN value as mxsrv2.spamgateway.comodo.com and click OK.

  9. Right-click the zone/domain folder and select 'Properties' from the pop-up menu.

  10. Select the 'Start of Authority (SOA)' tab, click the 'Increment' button and click OK.

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