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  techsolvr · Member · Feb 16, 2012 at 9:31 am

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  Dear Sir/Madam,

  I have the following blog with you: techsolvr.wordpress.com
  I have registered a domain name with register.com, namely techsolvr.com and i have updated the DNS settings with my registrar.

  Do i need to update anything with regards to my email @techsòlvr.com ? currently i am using the basic email setup with register.com
  Blog url: http://techsolvr.wordpress.com/

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  helper-ringostarr · Member · Feb 16, 2012 at 10:20 am

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  Yes, you’ll want to get your MX records from register.com and add them to your custom
  DNS panel for the domain under Settings->Domains in your dashboard..

  You’ll find detailed instructions on how to do that here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/custom-dns/

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  techsolvr · Member · Feb 16, 2012 at 2:15 pm

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  Thanks yoavf. I already have these from register.com

  In CNAME (Alias):
  mail.techsolvr.com points to webmail.register.com

  In MX:
  techsolvr.com points to mxmail.register.com
  Priority: High

  But i don’t think they’re enough. I am chatting with their support rep right now to see how to complete this task.

  Cheer,

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  evarlese · Member · Feb 16, 2012 at 8:54 pm

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  I see that you were able to add those custom DNS records to your site. Were you able to get everything sorted?

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  techsolvr · Member · Feb 17, 2012 at 1:53 am

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  Hi Erica,

  Well i did add the custome DNS records. Now i have to wait for 12-24 hours for the settings to propagate and see if all works well. But apparently the records were OK because the system accepted them after a couple of trials and errors from my side. Let’s see tomorrow (fingers crossed).
  Thanks for the support!

  PS: what does a “Happiness Engineer” mean?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Feb 17, 2012 at 1:59 am

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  Excellent, I’m glad it worked out!

  Happiness Engineer is what we call customer service around here, since it’s our job to engineer happiness. :)

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  techsolvr · Member · Feb 17, 2012 at 2:01 am

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  Well macmanx… that title is freggin genius. And with such prompt support and reply from you guyz out there, consider me as one additional happy customer to be added to your presumably long list of other happy customers.

  Cheers!

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Feb 17, 2012 at 2:02 am

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  Awesome! :)

  Please let us know if you need any further assistance!

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  techsolvr · Member · Feb 17, 2012 at 2:11 am

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  Thanks again. (That’s an extra post to see if my Gravatar was updated :) )

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  techsolvr · Member · Feb 17, 2012 at 2:13 am

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  Lemme be annoying and ask: does it take time for a gravatar to be updated?

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  kardotim · Member · Feb 17, 2012 at 9:19 am

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  It shouldn’t take too long. Can you please try clearing out your cache and cookies?

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  techsolvr · Member · Feb 18, 2012 at 3:03 am

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  Hi again everyone.
  Quick question
  if the CNAME entry required should be : CNAME <subdomain> <host>
  and mail.techsolvr.com is pointing to mymail5.myregisteredsite.com
  Then my entry should be : CNAME mail mymail5.myregisteredsite.com.
  is that correct?

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  chrisrudzki · Member · Feb 18, 2012 at 5:01 pm

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  Howdy,

  Yes — that looks correct to me. :-)

  If it doesn’t work after 24 hours, you might contact your mail provider to ensure that “mymail5.myregisteredsite.com” is the correct server.

  Feel free to drop us a line if we can be of any further assistance!