How to set up email or record MX

The MX Record (Mail Exchanger Record) is the record that enables email reception. It specifies the mail servers associated with the domain.
An MX record always points to an A record, never to a CNAME.

 

 

To configure the mail record or MX record of your domain, go to DNS management by clicking on DNS from the "Basic services list" in your control panel and follow these steps.

 

1.- Add record

 

In the "DNS Records" list, click on New record and in "Record type" select MX.

 

To create the MX record, specify the subdomain, destination address, priority, and save the record.

• TTL value: specify how long DNS servers should cache the record before checking for updates.
• Subdomain: specify the subdomain you want to point. Use @ for the root domain.
• Destination address: enter the mail server host.
• Priority: define the preference value. Lower values mean higher priority. Default is 10. This is mainly used when multiple mail servers exist.

 

2.- Propagation

 

Once you click Save record, your MX record will be created. Now you just need to wait for propagation, which usually takes around five minutes.

 

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