Changed DNS Settings for email and now website won't pull up

  • Unknown's avatar
    apasandiego · Member ·

    I just linked my wordpress site to a domain I have hosted through godaddy. That worked perfectly once the nameservers were changed and it verified. Then I edited those DNS setting and pasted what wordpress had for godaddy’s email:

    MX 0 smtp.secureserver.net.
    MX 10 mailstore1.secureserver.net.
    CNAME email email.secureserver.net.
    CNAME mail pop.secureserver.net.

    Now the email works and the website doesn’t appear. HELP PLEASE!

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  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    http://apasd.org/ appears to be working properly. Here’s an image of what I see there: http://d.pr/i/EDVO/157pAZNL

    When a domain is registered or altered, there is a process called propagation, where information about the domain name is passed to internet service providers all over the world. This process can take up to 72 hours (though usually much less). During that time, you may also receive a warning message in your browser about “redirect errors”. Unfortunately, we have no control over this as it all depends on how often your internet service provider updates their records. Please rest assured that everything is proceeding normally with your domain.

    You can continue to update your site while your custom domain propagates, by going directly to your Dashboard, here:
    http://apasandiego.wordpress.com/wp-admin/

    If you still have trouble viewing the site after 72 hours has passed, please try clearing your browser’s cache and cookies:
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clear-your-cache-and-cookies

    If that doesn’t work, try clearing your local DNS cache:
    http://www.opendns.com/support/article/68

    Please let me know if you have any more questions.

  • Unknown's avatar
    apasandiego · Member ·

    Does it matter that it worked perfectly for an hour before I edited the DNS with the custom godaddy email info?

  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    Not really, it still could be just the DNS change propagating to your ISP. As mentioned, it can take up to 72 hours (though usually much less).

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