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Email DNS records at Squarespace Domains

Squarespace's domain registrar. Email records are added under DNS Settings in the domains dashboard.

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Find the DNS editor

  1. Open the domains dashboard (account.squarespace.com/domains).
  2. Click your domain.
  3. Click DNS, then DNS Settings.
Open Squarespace Domains

What goes in each field

Record Host field Value field
MX Name Mail Server + Priority
TXT Name Text
CNAME Name Data
  • 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). Squarespace Domains adds your domain automatically.
  • Default TTL: 4 hours.

Adding a record at Squarespace Domains

MX record

  1. Click Add record.
  2. Re-enter your password (or confirm with two-factor authentication) if asked, then click Continue.
  3. Set Type to MX, then fill in Name, Priority and Mail Server.
  4. Click Save. Add one record per mail server, each with its own priority.

TXT record

  1. Scroll to Custom Records and click Add record.
  2. Re-enter your password (or confirm with two-factor authentication) if asked, then click Continue.
  3. Set Type to TXT, then fill in Name and Text.
  4. Click Save.

CNAME record

  1. Scroll to Custom Records and click Add record.
  2. Re-enter your password (or confirm with two-factor authentication) if asked, then click Continue.
  3. Set Type to CNAME, then fill in Name and Data.
  4. Click Save.

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