MX Record Addition

Good evening

  • can anyone direct me in the right direction on where i do this - is it in godaddy or my servers cpanel? And can anyone explain in dummy language?

Thanks,

Julie

You create MX records using the administration tools available from your domain provider. The basic steps below are applicable to all domain providers. For detailed instructions for specific domain providers, use the links at the bottom of the page.

To create MX records for a domain:

Log in to the administrative console for your domain.

Locate the page from which you can update the domain MX records.
You may need to enable advanced settings.

Add an MX record for the email server.
Enter the fully qualified server name, such as ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. Many domain providers also require a trailing period at the end of the server name.
(Learn more about the MX record details for the Google Apps email servers ATTACHED BELOW.)

Set the priority for the record.
MX records with a lower number have higher priority than MX records with a higher number. Different domain hosts use different priority numbering systems. Regardless of the system, the important fact is the relative priorities of MX records.

If your domain provider enables you to set the Time to Live (TTL) value for the record, set it to 300 seconds.

To add MX records for additional servers, repeat steps 3 through 5 for those servers.
Give backup servers a lower priority than the primary email server.

Delete any existing MX records, or lower their priority.
If you plan to continue routing mail to your legacy email server (for dual delivery or split delivery), retain the existing MX records with a lower priority.

Save your changes.
Keep in mind that changes to MX records may take up to 48 hours to propagate throughout the Internent

To deliver mail to Gmail inboxes, configure your domain to route incoming messages to the Google email servers. To do that, add MX records that point to the Google servers shown in the table below.

See Creating MX records for details about adding MX records to your domain.

Priority Mail server
1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
5 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
5 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
10 ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM
10 ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM
Note: The values in the Priority column show the relative priorities of the Google servers. The values do not need to be exactly those shown in the table; different domain providers have different systems for setting MX record priority. Regardless of the system, ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM must be the top priority record.


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It will be wherever your DNS records are hosted, most likely this means GoDaddy. MX means “here be my Mail Server”, and it should point to whichever server hosts the mail for the domain you’re altering.

Walter

On May 1, 2012, at 8:47 PM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:

Good evening

  • can anyone direct me in the right direction on where i do this - is it in godaddy or my servers cpanel? And can anyone explain in dummy language?

Thanks,

Julie

You create MX records using the administration tools available from your domain provider. The basic steps below are applicable to all domain providers. For detailed instructions for specific domain providers, use the links at the bottom of the page.

To create MX records for a domain:

Log in to the administrative console for your domain.

Locate the page from which you can update the domain MX records.
You may need to enable advanced settings.

Add an MX record for the email server.
Enter the fully qualified server name, such as ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. Many domain providers also require a trailing period at the end of the server name.
(Learn more about the MX record details for the Google Apps email servers ATTACHED BELOW.)

Set the priority for the record.
MX records with a lower number have higher priority than MX records with a higher number. Different domain hosts use different priority numbering systems. Regardless of the system, the important fact is the relative priorities of MX records.

If your domain provider enables you to set the Time to Live (TTL) value for the record, set it to 300 seconds.

To add MX records for additional servers, repeat steps 3 through 5 for those servers.
Give backup servers a lower priority than the primary email server.

Delete any existing MX records, or lower their priority.
If you plan to continue routing mail to your legacy email server (for dual delivery or split delivery), retain the existing MX records with a lower priority.

Save your changes.
Keep in mind that changes to MX records may take up to 48 hours to propagate throughout the Internent

To deliver mail to Gmail inboxes, configure your domain to route incoming messages to the Google email servers. To do that, add MX records that point to the Google servers shown in the table below.

See Creating MX records for details about adding MX records to your domain.

Priority Mail server
1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
5 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
5 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
10 ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM
10 ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM
Note: The values in the Priority column show the relative priorities of the Google servers. The values do not need to be exactly those shown in the table; different domain providers have different systems for setting MX record priority. Regardless of the system, ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM must be the top priority record.


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