How to update mx records

Any changes you make could require several hours before they take effect. Make sure to change the word "domainname" with your actual domain name. If NameServers are pointing elsewhere, you will need to contact where the NameServers are pointed to make this change. The browser version you are using is no longer supported.

Please upgrade for the best site experience. Modifying My MX Records MX records are often modified to utilize a different email service than your hosting provider and designate personal servers as mail backups if the default mail option fails. In the Card view , click the domain's Manage button. In List view , click the domain or its gear icon on the right-hand side.

The browser version you are using is no longer supported. Please upgrade for the best site experience. Modifying My MX Records MX records are often modified to utilize a different email service than your hosting provider and designate personal servers as mail backups if the default mail option fails.

In the Card view , click the domain's Manage button. In List view , click the domain or its gear icon on the right-hand side. If you are viewing your dashboard through the old control panel, follow the instructions below: Log in to your Control Panel. Go to Domain Central. Click on the domain you want to edit. I do not want to have these servers active normally except for these rare occasions where we have a maintenance window of more than 1 or 2 hours once every year or two.

I am planning to use backup appliance devices that have instant recovery options for virtual servers. My question is how do I cut over the mail flow and connections on command without having active remote servers and load balancers. Of course I would have to change it back again once the maintenance is complete. Was hoping of cutting over our mx from the current mail1.

What process would you recommend taking on the transtransitining of this, first time doing so, please pardon the ignorance. We have on-premise exchange. We will be transitioning to a new domain name, example — from oldpublic. Internally, this is working, user will receive email using the address user oldpublic. However, external email is not coming in. What other tasks should I do so that our customers public can send email to us using both the old email add user oldpublic.

I have some matters to ask regarding the mx records. Currently, our exchange server allow multiple domains to send and receive email thru our exchange server. For inbound and outbound email, we are using messagelabs for the email spam filter, so our MX records are pointing to the messagelabs. Currently for this domain the TTL is 2 hours. Which scenario from your example above I should follow? I am worry abt the TTL and loss of email.

Thanks for your attention. Paul, can I just point the mx record directly to my exchange server so that all the incoming mails will come directly to my server. Yes, pointing the MX record directly to your Exchange server is how you get mail to deliver directly to Exchange. You need to adjust the Receive Connector settings first.

Hi Paul, I have same situation but mine is Exchange