Changing an MX record manually

You can manually change an MX record to edit its mail server details and priority.

To change an MX record:

  1. Connect to the DNS server.

  2. Navigate to Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > DNS. The DNS Manager is displayed.

  3. In the DNS Manager menu in the left pane, click DNS > DNS Servers > Forward Lookup Zones.

  4. Select the zone. The right pane displays all the MX records for the zone.

  1. Note: MX records are listed as Mail Exchanger in the Type column.

  1. Select the MX record to be changed.

  2. Right-click the record and select Properties.

  3. In the Mail server text box, change the name of the server.

  4. In the Mail server priority text box, change the server's priority among other mail servers.

  5. Click OK.

The mail server details for the MX record are changed.