Configure DNS to forward email to google
I'm trying to reconfigure a bind record on an Ubuntu 9.04 server so that email is redirected out to gmail My existing records look like this (not the real ip)
; MX Records @ IN MX 10 mail ; Address Records @ IN A 70.88.42.67 www IN A 70.88.42.67 ftp IN A 70.88.42.67 mail IN A 70.88.42.67
Am I correct in thinking that the change that is needed is simply
; MX Records @ IN MX 10 mail ; Address Records @ IN A 70.88.42.67 www IN A 70.88.42.67 ftp IN A 70.88.42.67 mail IN CNAME ghs.google.com
I'm making the changes to the db file held in /var/cache/bind and subsequently going to restart bind to apply them. Is this sufficient?
You probably want something like this. (see link)
IN MX 1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
IN MX 5 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
IN MX 5 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
IN MX 10 ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
IN MX 10 ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
IN MX 10 ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
IN MX 10 ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
Make sure you add that trailing period.
From Google: Configuring Your MX Records: Other domain hosts
http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=33915