How to change my Mail MX to a different server

[Aziz]

Hello,

I am trying to sign up for a service which will allow me to use my custom site emails on the service server (gmail server).

To do that it is requiring me to remove all my MX records and insert some records (prioritized):



MX Server address Priority
SERVERNAME.L.GOOGLE.COM. 1
SERVERNAME.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 5
SERVERNAME.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 5
SERVERNAME.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 10
SERVERNAME.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 10
SERVERNAME.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 10
SERVERNAME.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 10


Each server name is different (removed them for agreement purposes).

In the control panel I only see two records for the email, one an A (which directs to an IP) and the other is MX which has the value of number!

I tried entering the server name into the A, but it requires and IP address instead.

Any leads would be helpful

Thanks,

[toml]

Those should be MX records and the number is the priority.

See the help link here (http://www.site-helper.com/email.html#mx) for information on you to modify your MX records, since that is what you are doing. As far as the priority numbers, just make sure you have them in the correct order, so that if they give you a 1 5 and 10, you can make yours a 0 10 and 20. The number isn't nearly as important as the order.

[Aziz]

Originally posted by toml
Those should be MX records and the number is the priority.

See the help link here (http://www.site-helper.com/email.html#mx) for information on you to modify your MX records, since that is what you are doing. As far as the priority numbers, just make sure you have them in the correct order, so that if they give you a 1 5 and 10, you can make yours a 0 10 and 20. The number isn't nearly as important as the order.

Thanks alot for the info.

I had the DNS option switch off for that domain, thus I couldnt see email MX.

Thanks,
Aziz