{"id":1922,"date":"2021-05-31T15:45:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T12:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2021-08-06T11:42:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T08:42:51","slug":"add-an-mx-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/add-an-mx-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Add an MX record"},"content":{"rendered":"

An MX record<\/span> (or mail exchanger record)<\/span><\/i> determines where your<\/span> incoming emails should go.<\/b> Thanks to it, you can have one server hosting your website and a different server <\/span>(or cluster of servers) <\/span><\/i>serving your emails. To understand how it works, <\/span>you need to know how the entire <\/b>DNS<\/b><\/a> system functions.<\/b><\/p>\n

Your domain has a DNS zone file <\/b>created and stored by your hosting provider. When users try to access your website, their browsers query the DNS zone file for the IP of the server hosting the content. More specifically, it looks for the <\/span>domain’s A record.<\/b><\/p>\n

Similarly, when they<\/span> send an email to an inbox associated with your domain<\/b>, a mail transfer agent looks through the DNS zone file to find out where it needs to deliver your email. This information is available in the <\/span>MX record<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

After you<\/span> add your domain to your ScalaHosting account<\/b>, your control panel will automatically create a DNS zone file. By default, the zone file contains an A record and an MX record telling user’s browsers and email clients that your <\/span>emails and website are all hosted on your ScalaHosting account’s server.<\/b><\/p>\n

By <\/span>editing the existing MX record <\/b>or adding a new one, you can have a different server <\/span>(or servers) <\/span><\/i>handling your emails. Here’s how to do it on both <\/span>SPanel<\/b><\/a> and <\/span>cPanel<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

SPanel<\/b><\/h2>\n

SPanel’s DNS editor is<\/span> located on the User Interface’s homepage.<\/b> It gives you a graphical user interface through which you can edit the domain’s DNS zone file.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Add<\/p>\n

A list at the bottom of the page<\/span> contains all the DNS records<\/b> currently set for your domain. On it, you can also see the default MX record set by SPanel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Add<\/p>\n

You can click the <\/span>Edit<\/b> button and modify it directly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The fields you need to enter are:<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n