DNS Settings for Simplicato Email Hosting Services
In order to utilize Simplicato's Email Hosting Services, one or more set(s) of DNS records may be created at your domain registrar or via the Domain Management screen in myAccount if Simplicato is your DNS host as well.
MX Records
These records are required in order to use Simplicato's email hosting services:
mx1.mailforbusiness.com priority 10
mx2.mailforbusiness.com priority 20
mx3.mailforbusiness.com priority 30
Customized CNAME records are not required in order to use Simplicato's email hosting services.
We recommend that the following CNAMEs be used for your Incoming and Outgoing servers as well as your webmail address:
| Incoming mail server: | mail.simplicato.com or mail.mailforbusiness.com | |
| Outgoing mail server: | mail.simplicato.com or mail.mailforbusiness.com | |
| Webmail address: | https://webmail.simplicato.com or https://webmail.mailforbusiness.com |
There is no difference in emails sent from "mail.simplicato.com" versus emails sent from "mail.yourdomain.com" and this is invisible to your email recipients.
Advanced DNS settings
If you are an experienced IT professional and are comfortable making advanced DNS changes, the following CNAME settings are available for you to make at your domain registrar.
These settings are not required in order to utilize Simplicato email hosting services.
CNAME / Aliases
| mail.yourdomain.com | → mail.mailforbusiness.com |
| smtp.yourdomain.com | → smtp.mailforbusiness.com |
| imap.yourdomain.com | → imap.mailforbusiness.com |
| pop.yourdomain.com | → pop.mailforbusiness.com |
| webmail.yourdomain.com | → webmail.mailforbusiness.com |
| myaccount.yourdomain.com | → myaccount.mailforbusiness.com |
