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1. laujessica
   Member
   Jul 14, 2011, 2:34 PM

   Hi guys,

   I setup a wordpress.com blog and have redirected my 123-reg domain to it by changing the DNS server names. It works fine, but now my emails from 123-reg have stopped working. I spoke to them and they told me I need to get an IP address from A Records from WordPress and then they can fix it, but I've read that re-directing the website this way is not reliable. Now I've also read on these support forums that I could get the MX settings from the email provider, which are:

   mx1.123-reg.co.uk. - priority: 20
   mx0.123-reg.co.uk. - priority: 10

   And then I can set up custom DNS. I have no idea how to do all of this, so can someone please help. I built and did all the custom CSS but all this technical side is blowing my brain!

   The website is http://www.bloggingboringpeople.com.

   Many many thanks

   The blog I need help with is bloggingboringpeople.com.

2. airodyssey
   Member
   Jul 14, 2011, 10:36 PM

   Hi. When you go to Upgrades > Domains > Custom DNS, do you see a section called "Record formats"? That tells you how to enter the information (and in which order).

   MX <pref> <host>.

   The information can also be found here:
   http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/custom-dns/#adding-custom-dns-records

   So logically, this means that your MX records should go like this:
   

   MX 20 MX1.123-REG.CO.UK.
   MX 10 MX0.123-REG.CO.UK.

3. laujessica
   Member
   Jul 15, 2011, 3:33 PM

   PERFECT!

   It works now, thanks so much!

4. airodyssey
   Member
   Jul 16, 2011, 12:42 AM

   You're welcome :-)

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