{"id":1963,"date":"2021-06-01T15:31:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T12:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2022-02-01T14:33:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T12:33:40","slug":"how-to-change-my-mx-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/how-to-change-my-mx-records\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change My MX Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

An <\/span>MX record<\/b><\/a> (mail exchanger) handles your domain\u2019s incoming email by routing it through the appropriate email server. <\/span><\/p>\n

The MX record <\/span>always points to a domain<\/b>, so when you use <\/span>Scala Hosting\u2019s name servers, <\/b>your MX  record points to your domain name, which has our server IP address, by default. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, you can modify this record to point to a third-party email server, or <\/span>add more MX records <\/b>depending on your needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

This guide will show you how to change the MX records of your domain name in <\/span>SPanel.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Step by Step Guide to Change MX Records in SPanel<\/b><\/h2>\n

Use the following steps to<\/span> change MX records in SPanel at any time.<\/b><\/p>\n

Step 1: Sign in to Your SPanel Account<\/b><\/h3>\n

Log in to your SPanel dashboard using this URL: <\/span>mydomain.com\/spanel\/login<\/b>; where \u2018mydomain\u201d means your domain name.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"How<\/span>Enter your<\/span> username or registered email address<\/b> and password, then click <\/span>Login.<\/b><\/p>\n

Step 2: Navigate to Domains<\/b><\/h3>\n

On the SPanel dashboard, head over to <\/span>Domains, <\/b>then click the <\/span>DNS editor<\/b>. The DNS editor lets you add, modify or delete zone files. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Choose a <\/span>Domain to Edit<\/b> by clicking the drop-down arrow if you have multiple domains associated with your hosting account. <\/span><\/p>\n

Step 3: Change the Existing MX Record<\/b><\/h3>\n

Scroll down to the list of <\/span>DNS zone files<\/b><\/a> beneath the page, and look for the <\/span>MX record. <\/b>Click on the blue <\/span>Edit <\/b>action button by the right to change the existing MX record for that domain.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Fill in these parameters correctly:<\/b><\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Name: <\/b>Enter your domain address here.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. TTL: <\/b>This stands for time to live and represents how long to keep a DNS record in seconds. You should leave it at the default value on SPanel (14400) if you\u2019re not sure what to put.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Type: <\/b>Since you\u2019re changing an existing MX record, you can\u2019t alter this parameter.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Value: <\/b>Put in the mail server address you want the MX record to point to.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    When you\u2019ve <\/span>filled in the correct values<\/b>, click <\/span>Save<\/b> to save your new changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

    That\u2019s how you change an existing MX Record for your domain. Now, <\/span>let\u2019s explore the steps to create a new MX Record on SPanel.<\/b><\/p>\n

    Step by Step Guide to Create an MX Record in SPanel<\/b><\/h2>\n

    Use these steps to create an MX record for your domain.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Step 1: Sign in to SPanel<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Log in to spaniel using this URL address, <\/span>mydomain.com\/spanel\/login, <\/b>where \u201cmydomain\u201d stands for your domain name.<\/span><\/p>\n

    \"How<\/p>\n

    Enter the right credentials and click <\/span>Login.<\/b><\/p>\n

    Step 2: Go to Domains<\/b><\/h3>\n

    On the SPanel dashboard, navigate to <\/span>Domains <\/b>and click <\/span>DNS Editor.<\/b><\/p>\n

    \"How<\/p>\n

    Step 3: Add a New MX Record<\/b><\/h3>\n

    Under Add a New Record, fill in these parameters correctly:<\/b><\/p>\n

    \"How<\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Name: <\/b>Enter your domain address here.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. TTL: <\/b>This means time to live and signifies how long to keep the MX record in the cache in seconds. We recommend you leave the default value at 14400 if you\u2019re not sure of the value to put.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Type: <\/b>Click the drop-down arrow and select <\/span>\u201cMX\u201d<\/b> for the DNS record type.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Value: <\/b>Enter the preferred email server address you want the MX record to point to.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      After you\u2019ve done that, hit the <\/span>Add Record <\/b>button to save the new MX record, and you\u2019re golden.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Need Help?<\/b><\/h2>\n

      If you encounter any issues with <\/span>changing your MX records or creating a new one<\/b>, please reach out to <\/span>our technical support team<\/b><\/a> to walk you through this guide.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      An MX record (mail exchanger) handles your domain\u2019s incoming email by routing it through the appropriate email server.  The MX record always points to a domain, so when you use Scala Hosting\u2019s name servers, your MX  record points to your domain name, which has our server IP address, by default.  However, you can modify this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email-hosting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1963"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3022,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963\/revisions\/3022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}