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In Plesk, its quite simple to do it. Go to the DNS zone management (Read about the “missing” DNS zone management in Plesk 9) and configure it like the image on the right. You might have to delete the primary MX entry first, then add them all again from 10 to 30. Google recommends a higher setting, but I’ve found 10 to 30 works fine.

Next is an important part of this configuration – turning off emails so that your VPS knows you’re using an external email server. If you don’t, your users will face problems emailing each other within the same domain (or server if you have other domains that email this user). Its also important when you have a form mail installed or even any other script that sends emails from a web-based form so that it does try to deliver your email locally.

So, here’s a Plesk tip – go to Mail Accounts > Mail Settings and  uncheck the box next to “Activate mail service on domain”. This will tell Plesk to not use the local mail service.

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Configuring Plesk to Support an External Email Server (like Gmail)

I know everyone’s got their own opinion of Plesk, its a bit slow and cumbersome, but it does come with many features and is much more of a ‘complete’ server management system than others I’ve used. But again, that’s just my personal opinion.

So, back to the missing DNS. After about 10 mins of frustration, I found the solution in Google (I know, I know)… As it turns out, its hidden within a drop-down menu in the ‘Websites’ section as per the image here. [Click to enlarge]

Hope this helps!

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Missing DNS Setting in Plesk 9