{"id":627,"date":"2017-03-12T14:08:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T14:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/?post_type=article&#038;p=627"},"modified":"2023-05-03T11:56:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T11:56:48","slug":"how-can-i-configure-google-mx-records-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/how-can-i-configure-google-mx-records-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I Configure Google MX records on cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google Workspace is one of the best email services out there. But it needs some manual configuration on your MX records to work correctly.<\/p>\n<p>If one of your customers or you, in the last case, needs to set up &amp; configure Google MX records, it can be done quickly using the cPanel interface.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Log in to your cPanel. There are many ways to do this, but the surefire easiest way is to log in to your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemicloud.com\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Client Area<\/a>, then open your cPanel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7625\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/storage\/2017\/02\/Client-Area-Active-Services-cPanel-Login-783x215.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/storage\/2017\/02\/Client-Area-Active-Services-cPanel-Login-783x215.png 783w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/storage\/2017\/02\/Client-Area-Active-Services-cPanel-Login-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/storage\/2017\/02\/Client-Area-Active-Services-cPanel-Login-768x211.png 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/storage\/2017\/02\/Client-Area-Active-Services-cPanel-Login-50x14.png 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/storage\/2017\/02\/Client-Area-Active-Services-cPanel-Login-1536x421.png 1536w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/storage\/2017\/02\/Client-Area-Active-Services-cPanel-Login-2048x561.png 2048w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/storage\/2017\/02\/Client-Area-Active-Services-cPanel-Login-60x16.png 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/storage\/2017\/02\/Client-Area-Active-Services-cPanel-Login-100x27.png 100w\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"177\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> Click the <strong>Zone Editor<\/strong> link under the Domains section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7741\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cPanel-Domains-Zone-Editor-783x189.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cPanel-Domains-Zone-Editor-783x189.png 783w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cPanel-Domains-Zone-Editor-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cPanel-Domains-Zone-Editor-768x186.png 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cPanel-Domains-Zone-Editor-50x12.png 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cPanel-Domains-Zone-Editor-1536x372.png 1536w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cPanel-Domains-Zone-Editor-60x15.png 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cPanel-Domains-Zone-Editor-100x24.png 100w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cPanel-Domains-Zone-Editor.png 1744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> Search for the <strong>domain<\/strong> you wish to modify from the list and click on the <strong>Manage<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7742\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7742\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-Manage-783x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-Manage-783x150.png 783w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-Manage-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-Manage-768x148.png 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-Manage-50x10.png 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-Manage-1536x295.png 1536w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-Manage-2048x394.png 2048w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-Manage-60x12.png 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-Manage-100x19.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zone Editor &gt; Manage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong> Use the filtering option and filter by MX record. Delete all the existing MX records.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7743\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7743\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-MX-Delete-MX-record-783x197.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-MX-Delete-MX-record-783x197.png 783w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-MX-Delete-MX-record-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-MX-Delete-MX-record-768x193.png 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-MX-Delete-MX-record-50x13.png 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-MX-Delete-MX-record-1536x386.png 1536w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-MX-Delete-MX-record-2048x515.png 2048w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-MX-Delete-MX-record-60x15.png 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Zone-Editor-MX-Delete-MX-record-100x25.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zone Editor &gt; MX &gt; Delete MX record<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>5)<\/strong> Click the <strong>Add Record button<\/strong>, then choose <em>Add &#8220;MX&#8221; Record<\/em> from the drop-down menu.<\/p>\n<p>You will need to add the following 5 MX records one by one:<\/p>\n<table summary=\"This table displays server addresses for use in MX records configured for Google Apps\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Priority<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Record<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">10<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">10<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For the name field, you will need to introduce your domain name. As in the example below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7744\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Add-Google-MX-record-783x85.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Add-Google-MX-record-783x85.png 783w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Add-Google-MX-record-300x33.png 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Add-Google-MX-record-768x83.png 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Add-Google-MX-record-50x5.png 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Add-Google-MX-record-1536x167.png 1536w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Add-Google-MX-record-2048x222.png 2048w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Add-Google-MX-record-60x7.png 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Add-Google-MX-record-100x11.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>6)<\/strong> Once you&#8217;ve added an MX record, click the <strong>Save Record<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7)<\/strong> Repeat steps 6 and 7 for the other MX records.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8)<\/strong> Once the MX records are added, go back to cPanel&#8217;s dashboard and search for <strong>Email Routing<\/strong> in the EMAIL section.<\/p>\n<p>You will see an option called \u201cEmail Routing for\u201d, and make sure you <strong>select<\/strong>\/activate this option: \u201c<strong>Automatically Detect Configuration: Remote<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a guide on how to change the <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/how-to-change-email-routing-in-cpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">email routing in cPanel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-can-i-verify-google-mx-records-are-working\">How can I verify Google MX records are working?<\/h3>\n<p>You can use Google Check MX tool to check if your Google MX records setup was done in the right way:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/toolbox.googleapps.com\/apps\/checkmx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">https:\/\/toolbox.googleapps.com\/apps\/checkmx\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also check your MX record <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/blog\/dns-propagation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DNS propagation<\/a> using tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/dnslog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">DNSLog<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Now you know an easy way to configure Google MX records on cPanel servers. Your Google MX records should start propagating fast and be ready within 1 hour (almost all cases) to 24 hours max, in the worst case.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that after this, you must create and manage all your email accounts directly from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gsuite.google.com\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Apps\u00a0Mail<\/a><\/strong>, and not from the ChemiCloud side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Workspace is one of the best email services out there. But it needs some manual configuration on your MX records to work correctly. 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