E-mail forwarding not using Google Apps

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    jessicatrenary · Member ·

    I am trying to move from an ADDR site to WordPress. We use ADDR to forward e-mails ((email visible only to moderators and staff), (email visible only to moderators and staff)) to personal e-mail addresses. We have about 25 e-mails. If I understand correctly, if I try to do that with Google Apps, each person would have to create their own google account and then have it forward to their personal e-mail. Is that correct that all the e-mail forwarding couldn’t be managed by me alone?

    I would like to move away from ADDR completely, but I can keep it for e-mail forwarding. I saw this page (http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/custom-dns/) that says I can enter a custom DNS record. Does that mean I can keep using ADDR to forward e-mails? If so, how can I figure out how to write the text to do that?

    Thank you anyone for advice/help.

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    auxclass · Member ·

    I use an email server not with Google Aps – I had to get the MX record info from my old host – then I had to get a bit of help to format the MX records to match the format the WordPress.COM expected in their DNS section – however I don’t know anything about your current email system so beyond the above that it can probably be done I can’t be of much help.

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    matthusby · Member ·

    ADDR should be able to provide you with the MX records that will look something like this ( http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/custom-dns/#using-google-apps-for-domains ). Once you have those records you can add them using the custom dns and everything should continue to work as it does now.

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    jessicatrenary · Member ·

    Hi Matthusby,

    ADDR sent me this:
    10 addr-mx01.addr.com.
    10 addr-mx02.addr.com.
    30 mail

    I tried adding this to the custom DNS record:
    mx 10 addr-mx01.addr.com
    mx 10 addr-mx02.addr.com
    mx 30 mail

    But it isn’t working. Is the record text wrong?
    Thanks so much for you help! Jessica

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    thistimethisspace · Member ·

    Hi there Jessica,
    This is just to let you know that I flagged this thread for Staff attention.

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    jessicatrenary · Member ·

    Thanks thistimethisspace! It’s actually working now. It must have just taken 24-48 hours to update. Thanks again to everyone for all your help.

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