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Written by Michael Heering on July 17, 2012
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An MX-record (Mail eXchange-record) is a type of resource record in the Domain Name System
advanced marketing campaigns.
(DNS). This is the system that, among other indicates to what specific IP address emails need to
be sent.
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The MX-record contains the host name of the computer(s) that handle the emails for a domain Email marketing
and a prioritization code. Emails are routed through to the IP address which is set in the
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A-record of the host.
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The A-record (or address-record) determines which IP address belongs to a domain name. This Automated campaigns
record 'translates' the domain name to an IP address.

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Example of an A-record:

• Domain: copernica.com Recent blog posts

• Host name: mail Mobile added to Litmus test in Copernica
• IP-address: 11.22.33.222 Clean your database for better email
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The mail server is now called mail.copernica.com, this can be used in the MX-record. Personalizing your newsletter in the drag-
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• Mail exchanger: mail.copernica.com
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All emails sent to recipient@copernica.com, willl be sent to the mail server mail.copernica.com
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with the IP address 11.22.33.222.

The difference between CNAME and A-record

A CNAME (Canonical Name) record, is an alias for another DNS record. It refers to another full
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CNAME is used to refer to domains and subdomains. For example, when refering
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www.copernica.com to copernica.com, making the website accessible in two different ways. This
is easier to manage using CNAME-records instead of A-records. Integrations

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When creating the following subdomains: www.copernica.com, ftp.copernica.com,

mail.copernica.com, you would like all of these subdomains to copernica.com. You could create
an A-record for each subdomain. But the A-record refers to the IP address. When you switch or
change servers, you will receive a new IP address and all A-records will have to be altered. It is
easier to create a CNAME-record. In this case, you will only have to change the A-record once
when changing the server.

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