I am trying to set up a business email on Windows Live, it has instructed me to add the following MX record:

  • DNS record type: MX
  • Host: healthyprice.ca
  • MX server: 4e557f70e1e765419c5a3a67b27491.pamx1.hotmail.com
  • TTL: 3600 or 1 hour
  • Priority: 10 (or High priority)


I've done this and can see it is being served by DNS:

$ dig healthlyprice.ca MX @dns1.stabletransit.com

; <<>> DiG 9.7.3 <<>> healthlyprice.ca MX @dns1.stabletransit.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 30561
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;healthlyprice.ca. IN MX

;; ANSWER SECTION:
healthlyprice.ca. 3600 IN MX 10 4e557f70e1e765419c5a3a67b27491.pamx1.hotmail.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
healthlyprice.ca. 300 IN NS dns2.stabletransit.com.
healthlyprice.ca. 300 IN NS dns1.stabletransit.com.

;; Query time: 30 msec
;; SERVER: 69.20.95.4#53(69.20.95.4)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar  4 20:53:38 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 150

But when I click refresh it still doesn't let me continue the set up.  It just keeps saying "You need to prove ownership of this domain by creating a DNS record. Use the settings below."

I can't see what I have done wrong.  Any help would be much appreciated.

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