Format of MX records in custom DNS

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  westcoastings · Member · Oct 12, 2011 at 9:51 am

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  I’ve just mapped my domain (www.westcoasting.co.uk) to my wordpress blog. That’s all gone fine. But my email address (email visible only to moderators and staff) is linked to this domain and isn’t working now. I’ve got an MX record from my domain registrar (mx.westcoasting.co.uk.cust.a.hostedemail.com) that I should be able to add to the custom DNS records in wordpress for the email to work, but it doesn’t fit the format that wordpress.com ask for (MX<pref> <host>). How do I make it fit the format? Sorry if this is a daft question but I’m not massively technical. Help!

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  tandava108 · Member · Oct 12, 2011 at 10:25 am

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  See this this page about setting up gmail MX records. The format seems to be

  I guess it will be

  MX 10 mx.westcoasting.co.uk
  MX 10 cust.a.hostedemail.com

  I find the info you got from your domain register confusing so I would double check it with them.

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  westcoastings · Member · Oct 12, 2011 at 10:46 am

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  Thanks. Got it fixed!