MX Record Error b/c Domain Mapping to Word Press

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  peak2perform · Member · Jan 12, 2011 at 1:46 am

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  After purchasing a domain I set up the email before mapping the domain to a word press site. Now I cannot get the email to work. I deleted it and tried to set up a new one and now I get (Pending Setup: validating MX record ). What do I have to do with godaddy.com or wordpress.com to fix this so I can access my email account for the domain?

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

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jan 12, 2011 at 2:47 am

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  Have you looked through this support document on setting up MX?

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/google-apps-email/

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 12, 2011 at 2:53 am

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  Are you using an email account on godaddy?

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 12, 2011 at 2:58 am

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  When I transferred my site to WordPress.com I kept my old email at my old host. The MX records I needed to change are below:

  A mail 255.255.255.255
  MX 10 mail.my-domain.com.

  I have a static IP and you need to change the numbers to match your email host – WordPress.com uses a domain shorthand that confused my old host and I needed to get help from the Staff – they were quite helpfull.

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  peak2perform · Member · Jan 12, 2011 at 4:49 am

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  When I purchased the domain name on godaddy, it gave me x# of emails with the domain name (ie (email visible only to moderators and staff)). Unfortunately, I activated the email before finishing the domain mapping to word press, and now I can’t access it…keep getting the MX Record Error…