Map domain to WordPress.com but host email elsewhere

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  halalt · Member · Feb 13, 2014 at 10:38 pm

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  How can I have a domain name map to wordpress.com but host email elsewhere?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Feb 13, 2014 at 10:58 pm

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  WordPress.com does not provide an email service for domains.
  To add an email service one has to jump these hoops > http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/add-email/

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  timethief · Member · Feb 13, 2014 at 10:59 pm

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  Please read this section very carefully > Domains – Important Notes Before Upgrading
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

  In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/ and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase.

  After you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog and purchase a domain name by purchasing an annually renewable domain mapping upgrade for the blog from the blog’s dashboard at > Store > My Upgrades.

  See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  See here for mapping a sub-domain (for a domain with an existing website) to your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-subdomain/

  Dashboard > Store > My Upgrades is where you do the primary blog set up knowing it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

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  halalt · Member · Feb 14, 2014 at 12:32 am

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  Hi timethief,

  Thank you.

  So I point the name servers to wordpress.com from 1and1 (where the email is hosted) then once it has propagated, inside my wordpress.com dashboard, use this technique to point the email records back to 1and1:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/add-email/add-other-email/

  Is this right?

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  auxclass · Member · Feb 14, 2014 at 1:46 am

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  You can actually make both changes at the same time.

  Name servers to WordPress.COM – then records to make the mail work are changed at WordPress.COM.

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  auxclass · Member · Feb 14, 2014 at 1:47 am

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  Don’t forget the domain mapping (see above)

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  halalt · Member · Feb 14, 2014 at 5:15 pm

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  Thank you, auxclass.

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  pmycroft · Member · Feb 18, 2014 at 8:42 pm

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  Hi auxclass & timethief,

  Thank you for your advice. It all worked out great and is working fine.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 18, 2014 at 8:44 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes.