Changing your MX records

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:

Funio Name Servers

ns1.io-servers.com

ns2.io-servers.com

1. Access the Funio Hub

2. Click on Domain Registrations > My Domains in the top menu

3. Click on the Status button of the domain name

4. Under the Manage menu click on DNS Management

5. 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)

6. Click on the Save Changes button

7. 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:

 

If you have custom DNS pointing to these servers, you need to make the changes from your cPanel control panel.

How to do it?

1. Connect to cPanel

2. Under the "Domains" group, select "Zone Editor"

3. Click on the “Manage” button for the domain of your choice

4. Filter your search on the "Filter" option by clicking on MX

5. Check the current MX of the domain

6. 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 button

7. To 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 button

8. Repeat 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

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