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  errythangnanythang · Member · Nov 12, 2011 at 3:47 am

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  Hi everyone!

  I am having problems with the custom DNS records. I received the information from register.com but I don’t know how to format it:
  In C Name: mail.make-it-fabulous.com points to: webmail01.register.com
  In MX: make-it-fabulous.com Priority: High mx01.register.com; Medium mx03.register.com

  I looked at the responses given on similar topics but I didn’t find a response that corresponds exactly to my situation.

  Can you help?

  Thank you!

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  airodyssey · Member · Nov 13, 2011 at 1:17 pm

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  Hi. The following support documents explains just how to format your DNS records so that WordPress.com understands them:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/custom-dns/#adding-custom-dns-records

  Regrettably, your provider did not provide you (no pun intended) with the priority numbers, so we’ll have to improvise…

  CNAME MAIL WEBMAIL01.REGISTER.COM.
  MX 1 MX01.REGISTER.COM.
  MX 5 MX03.REGISTER.COM.

  Please advise if it works.

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  errythangnanythang · Member · Nov 16, 2011 at 1:05 am

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  Thank you for your response airodyssey!
  When I contacted my provider again on Friday night, I was told to use 10 for the priority.
  Here is what I entered:
  MX 10 MX01.REGISTER.COM
  MX 10 MX03.REGISTER.COM
  CNAME MAIL.MAKE-IT-FABULOUS.COM WEBMAIL01.REGISTER.COM

  I didn’t get any error message and the information was saved but nothing has happened since. The email is still not working:-(

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  auxclass · Member · Nov 16, 2011 at 1:44 am

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  Did you put the full stop character ( . period) at the end of the lines?

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  airodyssey · Member · Nov 16, 2011 at 1:51 am

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  Also, your CNAME record is wrong. Please follow the example I gave you, changing only the priority numbers.

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  errythangnanythang · Member · Nov 16, 2011 at 1:58 am

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  Okay I will try again using your example and let you know how it goes.
  Thanks again!;)

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  errythangnanythang · Member · Nov 16, 2011 at 2:01 am

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  @auxclass: I did put the full stop character. I will try again and use airodyssey’s example and I will keep you posted.

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  errythangnanythang · Member · Nov 16, 2011 at 2:40 am

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  It worked!!!! Thank you so much for your help:-)

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