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DNS
Domain Management

Create mail exchanger record

This function creates a new MX record.

Important:

When you disable the DNS role, the system disables this function.

get/savemxs

Query parameters

domainstring domain required
Example:example.com

The zone record's domain.

exchangestring domain required
Example:mail.example.com

The domain's mail exchanger.

namestring required
Example:mail.example.com

The record name.

preferenceinteger required
Example:20

The MX record's priority order.

Note:

Lower numbers indicate a higher priority order.

classstring
Example:IN

The record's class.

ttlinteger
Example:14400

The record's Time To Live (TTL) in seconds.

Response

HTTP Request was successful.

Example response

{
  "metadata": {
    "command": "savemxs",
    "reason": "Bind reloading on server1 using rndc zone: [example.com]\n",
    "result": 1,
    "version": 1
  }
}