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DNS Record Configuration for Melbourne IT

×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Mail provides multiple options to verify your domain ownership and configure email delivery in Melbourne IT.

Melbourne IT - Add TXT Record for verification

If your domain is hosted with Melbourne IT, follow the forthcoming steps to configure TXT Records for your ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Mail.

1. Login to your 
2. Go to the Manage Domains page. All the domains you own will be listed.
3. Navigate to the domain you want to add TXT Records, and then click Edit DNS.
4. Then, click Zone Manager.
5. Click Add a zone record and select TXT from the drop-down.
6. Enter the details for your TXT record. 
   • In the Host field, enter @ â€‹
   • In the TXT Value field, enter the TXT value generated in the ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Mail Admin Console.
7. Click Add Record.
8. Now come back to  page and click 'Verify by TXT'.
9. If the DNS information is correctly propagated, the domain will be verified. You can proceed with the next steps to create user accounts. 

Melbourne IT - Add CNAME Record for verification

If your domain is hosted with Melbourne IT, follow the forthcoming steps to configure CNAME Records for your ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Mail.

1. Login to your 
2. Go to the Manage Domains page. All the domains you own will be listed.
3. Navigate to the domain you want to add CNAME Records, and then click Edit DNS.
4. Then, click Zone Manager.
5. Click Add a zone record and select CNAME from the drop-down.
6. Specify the Name as the code generated in your ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾'s domain verification page (Example: zb12345678).
7. Specify Host as the value from the CNAME Value/ Points To/ Destination field of your ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Mail Admin Console.
8. Once done, click Add Record.
9. https://mail.zoho.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml?msyncOnly=true&export=true

You have now added the CNAME successfully. You may have to wait for at least an hour for the changes to take effect in the DNS Servers. After an hour or two, login to your ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Mail Control Panel and click Verify. Once your domain is verified, you can start adding users and creating mail accounts.

Melbourne IT - Add MX Records for verification

If your domain is hosted with Melbourne IT, follow the forthcoming steps to configure MX Records for your ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Mail.

1. Login to your
2. Go to the Manage Domains page. All the domains you own will be listed.
3. Navigate to the domain you want to add MX Records, and then click Edit DNS.
4. Then, click Zone Manager.
5. Click Add a zone record and select MX from the drop-down.
6. You will have to add three different MX Records. For the first record, set Preference to 10, Name to @, and Exchange to mx.zoho.com.​
7. After setting TTL, click Add Record.
8. Select the MX Record option again, Name to @, enter 20  as the Preference and mx2.zoho.com and click Add Record.
9. Select the MX Record option again, Name to @, enter 50 as the Preference and mx3.zoho.com and click Add Record.

Important Points:

• Ensure that you have deleted all the MX records related to your previous email provider. Any other existing MX record will conflict with ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Mail, affect email delivery, and result in permanent loss of emails delivered. 
• The MX records that should be returned when you check in the MX Lookup tool should be 
  • mx.zoho.com
  • mx2.zoho.com 
  • mx3.zoho.com
  • mail.zoho.com

You have now added the MX Records successfully. You may have to wait for at least 6 to 24 hours for the changes to take effect in the DNS Servers. You can also check if the MX records have been updated, using ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾'s DNS MX Lookup tool. After an hour or two, you will start receiving emails at your ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Account.