{"id":9632,"date":"2023-01-04T00:55:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T00:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/?page_id=9632"},"modified":"2023-01-06T02:23:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T02:23:49","slug":"domain-faq-add-an-mx-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/domain-faq-add-an-mx-record\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8211; Domain FAQ &#8211; Add an MX record"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9632\" class=\"elementor elementor-9632\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-304adb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"304adb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5cf952\" data-id=\"b5cf952\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5030e46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"5030e46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d03e490\" data-id=\"d03e490\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dd60fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dd60fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.0 - 06-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/frequently-asked-questions\/\">Help<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/faq-domain\">Domain<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-025e9b7\" data-id=\"025e9b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-199c9524 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"199c9524\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b070c2b\" data-id=\"b070c2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d2a3ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d2a3ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"wpb_row w-animate w-start_animation\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Mail servers send and receive email messages on the Internet. MX (Mail Exchanger) records specify and prioritize the incoming mail servers that receive email messages sent to your domain name. There is often no need to modify your MX records. Sometimes you have to update them if you host a website with one network (such as ours) but you have email hosted in another. For more information, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buydomains.com.ph\/domain-faq-mx-record\/\">What is an MX record?<\/a>.<\/p><div class=\"alert cs-alert-danger\">\u00a0<strong>Warning:<\/strong>\u00a0You cannot set up your domain name to use more than one mail provider at a time. If you have an email account through another email provider and change your MX record to point to our mail servers, you\u2019ll lose access to your original email account.<\/div><p class=\"note\">\u00a0<strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0If your domain is registered at another company, see the\u00a0<strong>Domains registered at another company<\/strong>\u00a0section below for instructions.<\/p><ol><li>Log in to your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/account.secureserver.net\/products\/#\/?prog_id=501414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>My Products<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0page.<\/li><li>If you aren\u2019t automatically directed there, make sure to select the\u00a0<strong>My Products<\/strong>\u00a0tab.<\/li><li>Next to the domain you want to use, click\u00a0<strong>DNS<\/strong>.<\/li><li>On the\u00a0<strong>DNS Management<\/strong>\u00a0page, at the bottom of the\u00a0<strong>Records<\/strong>\u00a0section, click\u00a0<strong>Add<\/strong>\u00a0and select\u00a0<strong>MX<\/strong>\u00a0from the menu.<\/li><li>Complete the following fields:<ul><li><strong>Host<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Enter the domain name or subdomain for the MX record. For example, type\u00a0<strong>@<\/strong>\u00a0to map the record directly to your domain name, or enter the subdomain of your host name, such as\u00a0<strong>www<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>ftp<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>Points to<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Enter the mail server\u2019s address, such as\u00a0<strong>smtp.secureserver.net<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>Priority<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Enter, or select the priority you want to assign to the mail server.<\/li><li><strong>TTL<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Select how long the server should cache the information.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Click\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol><h3>To add an MX record for domains registered at another company<\/h3><ol><li>Log in to your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/account.secureserver.net\/products\/#\/?prog_id=501414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>My Products<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0page.<\/li><li>If you aren\u2019t automatically directed there, make sure to select the\u00a0<strong>My Products<\/strong>\u00a0tab.<\/li><li>Click\u00a0<strong>Manage All<\/strong>.<\/li><li>From the top menu, click the\u00a0<strong>DNS<\/strong>\u00a0tab, and select\u00a0<strong>Manage Zones<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Enter the domain name you want to use and click\u00a0<strong>Search<\/strong>.<\/li><li>On the\u00a0<strong>DNS Management<\/strong>\u00a0page, at the bottom of the\u00a0<strong>Records<\/strong>\u00a0section, click\u00a0<strong>Add<\/strong>\u00a0and select\u00a0<strong>MX<\/strong>\u00a0from the menu.<\/li><li>Complete the following fields:<ul><li><strong>Host<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Enter the domain name or subdomain for the MX record. For example, type\u00a0<strong>@<\/strong>\u00a0to map the record directly to your domain name, or enter the subdomain of your host name, such as\u00a0<strong>www<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>ftp<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>Points to<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Enter the mail server\u2019s address, such as\u00a0<strong>smtp.secureserver.net<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>Priority<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Enter, or select the priority you want to assign to the mail server.<\/li><li><strong>TTL<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Select how long the server should cache the information.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Click\u00a0<strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol><h2>More info<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/manage-dns-zone-files\">Manage DNS zone files<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><div class=\"container rec-posts\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help \/ Domain Mail servers send and receive email messages on the Internet. MX (Mail Exchanger) records specify and prioritize the incoming mail servers that receive email messages sent to your domain name. There is often no need to modify your MX records. Sometimes you have to update them if you host a website with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9632"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9636,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9632\/revisions\/9636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quality-hostings.com\/buydomains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}