Mail Exchanger (MX) records are DNS records required to send emails to your domain. An MX record is used to tell the world which mail servers or anti-spam servers accept inbound email for your domain and where emails sent to your domain should be routed.
To change MX records, you need to know where your DNS zone is hosted. So, depending on your NS, you can make the change on your Funio Hub or your cPanel control panel.
If the DNS zone is not managed on our servers, we recommend that you contact your provider.
Prerequisites
Access to the Funio Hub or
Access to cPanel
Task completion: 10 minutes (max)
Expertise: intermediate
From your Funio Hub
The NS of your domain name must point to these name servers:
ns1.io-servers.com |
ns2.io-servers.com |
How to do it?
Access the Funio Hub
Click on Domain Registrations > My Domains in the top menu
Click on the Status button of the domain name
Under the Manage menu click on DNS Management
To edit an existing MX record
a. On the RDATA column
b. You can change the priority (Preference), a number between 0 and 50
c. You can change the destination (Exchange)Click on the Save Changes button
To add one or more MX record
a. Click on the Add Record button
b. On the drop-down menu “Type”, select MX
c. To add an MX for your domain enter @ in the “Name” box
d. Change the "TTL", if necessary
e. Enter the priority in the box, RDATA (Preference), a number from 0 to 50
f. Enter the destination in the box, RDATA (Exchange)
g. Click on the Add Record button
For example, Google MX records:
From cPanel
The NS of your domain name must point to these servers:
ns1.panelboxmanager.com | ns1.panelbox.net |
ns2.panelboxmanager.com | ns2.panelbox.net |
ns3.panelboxmanager.com | ns3.panelbox.net |
ns4.panelboxmanager.com | ns4.panelbox.net |
If you have custom DNS pointing to these servers, you need to make the changes from your cPanel control panel.
How to do it?
Connect to cPanel
Under the "Domains" group, select "Zone Editor"
Click on the “Manage” button for the domain of your choice
Filter your search on the "Filter" option by clicking on MX
Check the current MX of the domain
To edit the MX record
a. On the Actions column, click on "Modify"
b. Modify the "Priority" option if necessary
c. Modify the “Destination”
d. Click on the Save Record buttonTo add MX record(s)
a. Click on the Add Record button
b. Enter your domain name under the "Name" section*
c. Change the "TTL" if necessary
d. Select the "Type", MX
e. Enter the priority under the "Priority" section, a number from 0 to 50
f. Enter the destination in the "Destination" box
g. Click on the Add Record buttonRepeat if you have multiple MX records to add
*important: do not forget to add the "." symbol at the end of the domain name, otherwise, it will be considered a subdomain.
Shortcuts
cPanel > Domains > Zone Editor >> Manage >> Add / Modify / Delete a record