This article will help you set up MX records in your Namecheap account settings.

If your domain is pointed to BasicDNS, PremiumDNS, or FreeDNS, you can configure your mail service and MX records directly in your Namecheap account.

NOTE: Before setting up your mail service, make sure there is no CNAME record created for a bare domain (e.g., yourdomain.tld) in the Host Records section, or email will not work correctly. CNAME has the highest priority and overrides all other records for the hostname, including MX Records, which are responsible for mail delivery.

To set up MX records for your domain, follow these steps:

  1. Sign into your Namecheap account in the top left corner of the page.
  1. Select Domain List in the left sidebar.
  1. Click Manage next to the domain name you wish to set DNS records for.
  1. Navigate to the Advanced DNS tab and go to the Mail Settings section (not able to edit Host Records?).

Here, you can choose one of the following Mail Settings depending on the mail service you want to use:

No Email Service- if you do not want to use a mail service. Your domain will have no MX records.

Email Forwarding- if you want to create personalised email addresses for a domain and forward emails to other email accounts of your choice. The MX records will be set up automatically after selecting this option.

MXE record is used for forwarding mail to a mail server's IP address.

Custom MX is used to set MX records for third-party mail services, such as cPanel webmail service (if you want to use cPanel mail service with default nameservers), Zoho mail, Outlook.com, and so on.

It is possible to indicate your domain as the mail server address, like mail.domain.tld or domain.tld. Please note that the corresponding A record pointing to the IP address of the mail server should be created in the DNS settings.

Private Email- if you want to set up MX records for the Namecheap Private Email service. The MX records will be set up automatically after selecting this option.

Gmail- if you have a G Suite subscription, select the Gmail option to set up the records needed for this mail service.

Once all the necessary settings are selected, make sure to save your changes. Normally, it takes around 30 minutes for newly created records to take effect.