Email Setup Wizard

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Email DNS records at OVHcloud

European registrar and host. Records are added in the DNS zone tab with a three-step form.

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Find the DNS editor

  1. Sign in to the OVHcloud Control Panel (ovh.com/manager).
  2. Under View all my activity, select your domain name.
  3. Open the DNS zone tab.
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What goes in each field

Record Host field Value field
MX Subdomain Target + Priority
TXT Subdomain Value
CNAME Subdomain Target
  • For your bare domain, leave Subdomain empty.
  • End mail server and CNAME targets with a dot.
  • For other names, type only the part before your domain (for example _dmarc). OVHcloud adds your domain automatically.

Adding a record at OVHcloud

MX record

  1. Select the Add an entry tile.
  2. In Mail records, choose MX.
  3. Leave Subdomain empty, enter the Priority and the Target (ending with a dot), and a TTL.
  4. Select Next, then Confirm.
  5. Delete older MX records with the trash icon in the Actions column.

TXT record

  1. Select the Add an entry tile.
  2. In Extended records, choose TXT.
  3. Fill in Subdomain (empty for your bare domain) and Value.
  4. Select Next, then Confirm.

CNAME record

  1. Select the Add an entry tile.
  2. In Pointer records, choose CNAME.
  3. Fill in Subdomain and the Target (ending with a dot).
  4. Select Next, then Confirm.

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