DNS Record Configuration for Wordpress DNS
×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Mail provides multiple options to verify your domain ownership and configure email delivery in Wordpress DNS.
Wordpress DNS - Add TXT Records for Verification
If your DNS Manager is with Wordpress, follow the steps below to add TXT in Wordpress for verification.
- Login to your Wordpress domain manager account.
- Locate and select the domain which you want to edit.
- Select the Change your name Servers and DNS records option.
- On the next screen, select DNS records. The screen will show a list of DNS records set for the selected domain.
- From the Type list, select TXT.
- Enter the details for your TXT record.
- In the Host field, enter @ ​
- In the TXT Value field, enter the TXT value generated in the ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Mail Admin Console
- Click Add new DNS record.
- Now come back to page and click 'Verify by TXT'.
- If the DNS information is correctly propagated, the domain will be verified. You can proceed with the next steps to create user accounts.
Wordpress DNS - Add CNAME Records for Verification
If your DNS Manager is with Wordpress, follow the steps below to add CNAME in Wordpress for verification.
- Login to your Wordpress domain manager account.
- Locate and select the domain which you want to edit.
- Select the Change your Name Servers and DNS Records option.
- On the next screen, select DNS records. The screen will show a list of DNS records set for the selected domain.
- From the Type list, select CNAME.
- Specify the Host Name as the code generated in your ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾'s domain verification page (Example: zb12345678).
- Specify Alias of (Points to) as the value from the CNAME Value/ Points To/ Destination field of your ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Mail Admin Console.
- Click Add New DNS record.
- The relevant CNAME Records will automatically be applied to your domain.
Update MX Records to receive emails - Wordpress DNS
If your DNS Manager is with Wordpress, follow the steps below to configure MX Records to receive emails in ×îв©²ÊÍøÕ¾ Mail.
- Login to your Wordpress domain manager account.
- Locate and select the domain which you want to edit.
- Select the Name Servers and DNS option.
- In the Name text box, enter @ to denote the default domain for email delivery.
- In the Points to field, enter mx.zoho.com.
- In Priority field, select 10
- Click Add DNS record.
- Add another MX record with value mx2.zoho.com under Points to and set Priority to 20.
- Repeat the steps to add the third MX record with value mx3.zoho.com and Priority set to 50.
- The relevant CNAME and MX Records will automatically be applied to your domain.
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
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.