MX Setting for Hover host email

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  shredfoundation · Member · Sep 25, 2014 at 4:56 pm

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  I am having a difficult time setting up mx record for Hover email. I am not sure I have the correct format string. How long should a mx record change take to propagate through WordPress?

  Thanks,

  Danny

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Sep 25, 2014 at 8:39 pm

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  Hey Danny,

  It can take up to 24-48 hours for the records to fully propagate, but they’re usually much faster than that. It looks like the DNS records might be incorrect. Can you pass over the records that Hover asked you to add? I’m happy to edit them for you!

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  shredfoundation · Member · Sep 25, 2014 at 11:23 pm

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  Hey Jeremey,

  Thanks for your help, the records that Hover gave me is the following:

  [redacted by staff]

  Appreciate the help!

  Danny

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Sep 26, 2014 at 5:24 pm

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  Thanks Danny! I made some adjustments to your records based on what you sent over. Let’s give them 24 hours to take effect. Can you let me know if they don’t work after that time?

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  shredfoundation · Member · Sep 26, 2014 at 6:31 pm

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  Will do. Thanks so much!

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Sep 26, 2014 at 9:12 pm

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  Not a problem!

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  shredfoundation · Member · Sep 28, 2014 at 8:55 pm

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  Hey Jeremey,

  Thanks again for all your help. Unfortunately, I was on this weekend and the email is still not working.

  Any ideas?

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Sep 29, 2014 at 5:47 pm

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  Hey Danny,

  I removed the two records you had, and I re-added the record in the format that I believe is correct. If you run the following command in your Terminal app on your laptop, you should see the MX record:

  dig shredfoundation.org MX

  Let’s give this 24 hours and see if we’re in business!

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  shredfoundation · Member · Sep 29, 2014 at 5:52 pm

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  Hey Jeremey,

  I just ran a DNS check and I am seeing it propagating. I will keep an eye on it.

  Thanks a bunch!

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Sep 29, 2014 at 10:59 pm

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  Not a problem! Keep me posted.

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  shredfoundation · Member · Sep 30, 2014 at 12:56 am

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  Working perfectly!

  Thanks so much!!!

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Sep 30, 2014 at 8:41 pm

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  Wonderful! Let me know if you need anything else.