Setting 1and1 MX servers on WordPress (not a google apps question)

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  roguepriest · Member · Aug 26, 2011 at 11:34 pm

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  Hi everyone,

  I’ve mapped a wordpress.com blog to a domain hosted on 1and1.com. I need to set custom MX servers on wordpress, so that the webmail associated with the domain will work.

  According to 1and1 the MX servers are:

  imap.1and1.com
  pop.1and1.com
  smtp.1and1.com

  However, I don’t know what prefix to add. It should be MX __, with a number in the blank (10, 20, etc.). Please tell me someone has done this before – how do I set these up?

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

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  airodyssey · Member · Aug 27, 2011 at 1:03 am

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  Hi. Does this help?
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/email-question?replies=3#post-505362

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  roguepriest · Member · Aug 27, 2011 at 5:27 am

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  No, I did see that thread and tried that configuration. The result was that email did not go through. I think that person was using the wrong servers. They used:

  00.1and1.com.
  01.1and1.com.

  …but these are not the servers 1and1 says it uses. 1and1 says it uses:

  imap.1and1.com
  pop.1and1.com
  smtp.1and1.com

  So I need to know what MX ## to put in front of those.

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  roguepriest · Member · Aug 27, 2011 at 7:50 am

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  UPDATE:

  I seem to have found a combination that works. For anyone else who has this problem, try setting your MX servers to:

  MX 10 00.1and1.com.
  MX 20 01.1and1.com.
  MX 20 smtp.1and1.com.

  It seems that both incoming and outgoing mail now works. I’ll follow up here if there are any further problems.

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  roguepriest · Member · Aug 27, 2011 at 7:53 am

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  *sigh*

  Nope, still not working. It appears outgoing mail works with that setup but not incoming mail.

  Help?

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  roguepriest · Member · Aug 27, 2011 at 7:01 pm

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  Bumping this…
  Seriously, can anyone help? Surely someone has set up 1and1 webmail with WP before?

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  timethief · Member · Aug 27, 2011 at 7:13 pm

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  If we Volunteers could help then we would but we can’t. The thread is flagged for Staff attention. Please be patient waiting for Staff to respond.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Aug 27, 2011 at 8:02 pm

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  Those records seem correct, but I recommend double-checking with 1and1’s support crew.

  Unfortunately, we can’t provide support for all email configurations, so you may need to setup email through Google Apps for Domains instead: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/google-apps-email/