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fix(email/exchange): zone Exchange server hostname (ex.mail.ovh.ca) for CA in config guides#235

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What & why

The Hosted Microsoft Exchange server hostname is zone-specific:

  • EU: ex?.mail.ovh.net (the ? is the customer's server number)
  • CA: ex.mail.ovh.ca (fixed hostname, no server number)

The new-docs migration exposed only the EU form to every zone, so CA readers
were shown the wrong server name. This PR gates each hostname reference per
zone with <Region>.

Changes — 6 guides × 7 languages (42 files)

how-to-configure-{ios,mail-macos,thunderbird-mac,android},
thunderbird-windows-configuration, diagnostic-advanced.

For each hostname reference:

  • <Region zones={['eu']}> keeps ex?.mail.ovh.net + the "replace ?" note
  • <Region zones={['ca']}> shows ex.mail.ovh.ca (note dropped — CA has no number)

Also in diagnostic-advanced: MX-record list zoned (mx0-4.mail.ovh.net.ca
in the CA block). Removed a duplicated POP-config block in
how-to-configure-thunderbird-mac (pre-existing editing artifact).

Source of truth

Legacy docs (ovh/docs) CA locales (en-ca/fr-ca/en-us/es-us) use ex.mail.ovh.ca.

Validation

  • All 42 files compile (MDX 3 + GFM).
  • 0 .net hostname leaks outside an eu Region (region-state scan).

The landing-pages counterpart shipped in #220.

…n config guides

CA/APAC Exchange uses the fixed hostname ex.mail.ovh.ca (no server number),
while EU uses ex?.mail.ovh.net. The new-docs migration exposed the EU form to
all zones. Wrap each hostname reference in <Region> blocks (eu = ex?.mail.ovh.net
with the 'replace ?' note, ca = ex.mail.ovh.ca without it) across 6 guides x 7
languages: how-to-configure-{ios,mail-macos,thunderbird-mac,android},
thunderbird-windows-configuration, diagnostic-advanced.

Also fixes an MX-record leak (mx0-4.mail.ovh.net -> .ca in the ca block) and
removes a duplicated POP block in how-to-configure-thunderbird-mac.
@BrenKt BrenKt added Web Cloud The PR documents Web Cloud products: Domains/DNS, Web Hosting, Emails, Web Cloud Databases FIX / CHORE Updates to maintain/fix the documentation front-end or back-end labels Jun 19, 2026
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