Email DNS
An MX record tells sending mail systems which server accepts email for your domain. The destination must be a hostname, and lower priority numbers are tried before higher ones.
Routes incoming mailPoints to a mail-server hostname.
Priority mattersLower numbers are preferred.
Change carefullyWrong values stop delivery.
How MX works
The root domain commonly uses one or more MX records such as priority 10 to mail.provider.example. If several records exist, senders try the lowest-numbered available destination first.
DNS Manager
@ for the root and omit https://, paths and email addresses.Protect delivery
Create the mailbox or tenant at the new provider first. Keep the old service active during the transition, preserve related SPF, DKIM and verification TXT records, and send test messages in both directions.
SMTP settings used by an email application are separate and do not belong in an MX record.
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