Namecheap Domain Mx Record

Cname stands for canonical name and a cname record is used to specify that a sub domain is an alias for another fully qualified domain name.

Namecheap domain mx record. The click advanced dns tab to edit dns records. We ll show you how while you re setting up the mx records. Mx records and mail routing will be configured for your domain automatically no other changes are required. The mx record cannot be an ip address because the mail server will not accept it if it is an ip address.

In the left sidebar select domain list. If you would like to set up g suite records for your domain go to exclusive for namecheap customers section googleapps menu. Therefore these are supposed to point to the hostname rather than the ip. If the value is not accepted enter your domain instead value.

Mx records are what tell the world at large who handles email for your domain name. Login to your namecheap account. If your domain is pointed to our basicdns backupdns a legacy option premiumdns or freedns you can configure mail service and mx records in your namecheap account. When you are pointing your domain to kinsta you have two options the first is to use an a record.

These instructions are for users who purchased their domain on namecheap and would like to change their mail records mx so they can send and receive mail with fastmail. 1 in the same advanced dns tab in namecheap go to mail settings and choose custom mx from the drop down list. The domain list will be displayed. The mx record specifies which host or hosts handle emails for a particular domain name.

Create user accounts in google workspace for your team. Cname has the highest priority over all other records including host name and even mx records which are responsible for mail delivery. Before setting up your mail service be sure that there is no cname record created for a bare domain e g yourdomain tld in the host records section or email will. The default mx record for all hosted domains is mail yourdomain tld.

Set mx records in namecheap. You can find the login link in the top left corner of the page. You set them to your email hosting provider s servers. To create dns records go to your namecheap account dashboard click domain list on the left pane and click the manage button on the right.

Go to the mx tab. If your team members already use email with your domain their email address ends with your domain you have to create their user accounts in google workspace before you change any mx record settings. Steps to set up your mx records. The mx record contains the hostname that handles the email for the specific domain.

2 enter the values for the first mx record as described below. Click manage next to your domain.