cPanel
account normally comes packaged with mail server and the MX
record for the configured cPanel
domain is set to the cPanel
's host. You'll need to change the MX
record in your cPanel
hosting to use third-party email provider such as Gmail
or your own self-hosted solution for your configured domain.
You can configure MX
records for your third-party mail server from cPanel
's dashboard.
Make sure nameserver option for your domain is already set to your cPanel
's host
cPanel
account.Domains
section and click on Zone Editor
. + MX Record
button for the domain that you want to configure.
Priority is an integer value where mail server with lower priority value will be preferred over the one with higher priority value if you have multiple MX
records.
Add an MX Record
button to add the MX
entry to the name server.MX
record if you have multiple mail server.Manage
manage button. MX
to filter the zone records to only MX
entries. Delete
button for the pre-existing entry or the MX
record that are not in use. Continue
to confirm deletion of the MX
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