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Email DNS records at GoDaddy

The largest domain registrar. DNS is edited from the domain portfolio in your GoDaddy account.

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Find the DNS editor

  1. Sign in to GoDaddy and open My Products.
  2. Under Domains, open the Portfolio tab.
  3. Select the three dots (...) next to your domain, then Edit DNS.
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What goes in each field

Record Host field Value field
MX Name Value + Priority
TXT Name Value
CNAME Name Value
  • For your bare domain, MX: enter @ in Name; TXT: enter @ in Name; CNAME: enter @ in Name.
  • For other names, type only the part before your domain (for example _dmarc). GoDaddy adds your domain automatically.

Adding a record at GoDaddy

MX record

  1. Under DNS Records, select Add New Record.
  2. Choose MX as the type.
  3. Fill in Name, Priority and Value, and pick the TTL from the drop-down list.
  4. Select Save.

TXT record

  1. Under DNS Records, select Add New Record.
  2. Choose TXT as the type.
  3. Fill in Name and Value, and pick the TTL from the drop-down list. Copy and paste the value so the spacing stays exact.
  4. Select Save.

CNAME record

  1. Under DNS Records, select Add New Record.
  2. Choose CNAME as the type.
  3. Fill in Name and Value, and pick the TTL from the drop-down list.
  4. Select Save.

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