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Choose Your Rollout Strategy 13Choose Your Rollout StrategyOnce you’ve completed the Setup and Activation Wizard, it’s time to decide your next step

Change Your MX Records 15Change Your MX RecordsOnce you complete the Setup Wizard, you receive an activation email, which provides the information y

16 Activation Guide To update your MX records:1. Log in to your domain registrar (also called “domain host” or “domain provider”).See the instruction

Change Your MX Records 17When you are finished switching your MX records to the message security service, go to “Test Your MX Records” on page 41.Go

18 Activation Guide When you are finished switching your MX records to the message security service, go to “Test Your MX Records” on page 41.Tips for

Change Your MX Records 19stellarshores.com. IN MX 3 s7b1.psmtp.com.stellarshores.com. IN MX 4 s7b2.psmtp.com.Enter each of the MX records in the “Go

20 Activation Guide Keep in mind that changes to MX records will take time to propagate throughout the Internet. The length of time depends on the Ti

Change Your MX Records 21stellarshores.com. IN MX 4 s7b2.psmtp.com.Enter each of the MX records in the “Mail Server” column. Be sure to enter your a

22 Activation Guide 7. For each MX Record, enter information according to the examples below. Be sure to refer to your activation email for your actu

Change Your MX Records 23• Enter each of the MX records (as highlighted in the example above) in the Address column. Be sure to enter your actual do

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24 Activation Guide 4. Under Custom MX Records, delete the existing MX record, and enter the following MX record (refer to your activation email and

Change Your MX Records 257. Click Submit.When you are finished switching your MX records to the message security service, go to “Test Your MX Record

26 Activation Guide Enter each of the MX records (as highlighted in the example above) in the “Mailserver Hostname” column. Be sure to enter your act

Change Your MX Records 2710. Repeat the last few steps above by entering the following MX records. For example, if your domain is stellarshores.com

28 Activation Guide 3. On the left side, click the domain you'd like to use with the message security service.4. Next to Mail Service, click On

Change Your MX Records 29• Once you are sure that mail flow through the message security service has been established, we highly recommend that you

30 Activation Guide To modify your MX records with EveryDNS, do the following:1. Log in to your account at EveryDNS.net.2. On the left side, click th

Change Your MX Records 31Make sure each MX record is entered exactly as it appears below, including the trailing dot at the end of each record. Be s

32 Activation Guide 4. Scroll to the bottom of the page to view Mail Options.5. Enter the following for the first MX record field.<yourdomain>.

Change Your MX Records 33Make sure each MX record is entered exactly as it appears below, including the trailing dot at the end of each record. Be s

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34 Activation Guide 5. Click Mail Records (MX).6. For MX Resource records, enter the following:<yourdomain>.s<your system number>a1.psmtp

Change Your MX Records 35Make sure each MX record is entered exactly as it appears below, including the trailing dot at the end of each record. Be s

36 Activation Guide 4. Below Update Record, enter the following information for the Primary and Secondary:<yourdomain>.s<your system number&

Change Your MX Records 373. MX records may be located in DNS Management, Mail Server Configuration, or Name Server Management. It's possible th

38 Activation Guide yourdomain.com. IN MX 20 yourmailhost2.yourdomain.com• Once you are sure that mail flow through the message security service has

Change Your MX Records 39Troubleshooting MX RecordsI don't understand MX records.For more information about MX records and how to use them, see

40 Activation Guide I’m unable to change my MX records with my domain provider. Why am I having trouble?Most ISPs and domain name providers that host

Test Your MX Records 41Test Your MX RecordsAfter you change your domain’s MX records and wait for the (Time to Live) TTL to expire, log in to the Ad

42 Activation Guide 6. On the MX Record Test page, click the Test button.Be sure that your domain is named in the list.Wait a few moments, then view

Test Your MX Records 43If you have waited the full duration of the TTL and the test fails, troubleshoot as follows:• Verify that all records were en

Overview and Prerequisites 5Overview and PrerequisitesOverviewThis guide describes the activation process for the message security service. After or

Test Filtered Mail Flow 45Test Filtered Mail FlowAfter confirming that your domain’s MX records are pointing to servers at the message security serv

46 Activation Guide 3. Click the Test buttonWait a few moments for the data center to send its test email. Then view the results of the test at the b

Add Users and Set Up Your Service 47Add Users and Set Up Your ServiceDuring the setup process, you'll do the following:1. Determine the level o

FAQ: How MX Records Work 49FAQ: How MX Records WorkWhat is an MX record?An MX record tells senders how to send email for your domain.When your domai

50 Activation Guide For detailed instructions on how to update your MX records, see “Change Your MX Records” on page 15Why should I update MX records

FAQ: How MX Records Work 51Every DNS host has a different user interface for MX records. Some use a trailing period and some don't. Some allow

52 Activation Guide What happens if I type the wrong information into the MX record?If you type the incorrect delivery information in the MX record,

Complete the Setup and Activation Wizard 7Complete the Setup and Activation WizardDuring the activation process for the message security service, yo

8 Activation Guide To complete the Setup Wizard, follow these steps:1. Open the Setup Wizard by clicking your “Setup and Activation page” URL in your

Complete the Setup and Activation Wizard 9This opens the first step of the Setup Wizard as shown below:4. In the Domain field, enter the domain for

10 Activation Guide 7. In the Administrator Login Address field, enter the email address of an administrator in your organization. This is your login

Complete the Setup and Activation Wizard 11• Cannot resemble a word in the dictionary. When you enter a suggested password, the system:• Converts co