Quick Links:
Google Workspace Email records
Quick Reference DNS settings to get your website live.
| Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| @ | A | 162.13.104.139 |
| www | CNAME | uk.rocketspark.com |
Quick Reference DNS settings to get your website & Google Workspace Emails live.
| Host | Type | Value | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
| @ | A | 162.13.104.139 | |
| www | CNAME | uk.rocketspark.com | |
| @ | MX | SMTP.GOOGLE.COM | 1 |
| @ | TXT | v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all |
Quick Reference DNS settings to get your website & Webmail Emails live.
| Host | Type | Value | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
| @ | A | 162.13.104.139 | |
| www | CNAME | uk.rocketspark.com | |
| autodiscover | CNAME | autodiscover.emailsrvr.com | |
| @ | MX | mx1.emailsrvr.com | 10 |
| @ | MX | mx2.emailsrvr.com | 20 |
| @ | TXT | v=spf1 include:emailsrvr.com ~all |
Upgraded your account yet?
If you are reading this guide, you have most likely already upgraded your account. If you have, great! Hop down to the next step. If you haven’t, please continue reading.
To upgrade your account, you’ll need to login to your website dashboard and click the big red ‘Upgrade Now’ button and follow the prompts. Once this is done, you can proceed to the next step and change your DNS records if you’ve chosen to manage your domain yourself.
What settings do I need to change on my domain so that it’s pointing to my new website?
Two things:
- Change your A Record
- Add a CNAME to your domain
www.yourdomain.co.uk CNAME uk.rocketspark.com
The A Record points your domain to our server so that your new website can be viewed.
The CNAME will make sure that you can be found at www.yourdomain.co.uk
Self-managing emails - for experts only:
Please note, that changing the MX records below will change where your emails are being sent to. If you are hosting the email accounts with your current/existing provider, you should not change the MX records.
What if I have email accounts on my domain?
If you currently don't have any MX records set up on your domain, then your current email traffic will fall back to sending to the A record set for your domain name as a default. If this is how your DNS settings on your domain are currently set up, when you change your A record to point to Rocketspark’s IP address for your website traffic then your emails will stop working as your emails will be inadvertently sent to Rocketspark by mistake. To work around this, you must set up a new A record for your email traffic, like you have done above for the website.
- Set up a new A record to point to the IP address of your existing provider. This will look something like this:
Example: mail.mydomain.com A (123.1.12.12) This IP address needs to be set to your current website's A record for your old website. If you're not sure what your old email/website provider's IP address is, you'll need to touch base with your current email provider for help.
Commonly this would be something like mail.mydomain.com, but you can use any subdomain of your choosing. We just need an A record setup to use in the next step to create your new MX records.
- Once you have done this you can then set up an MX record to divert your email traffic to the current provider independent of the website traffic.
mydomain.com MX 10 mail.mydomain.com (as an example of what your MX records may look like)
Or alternatively, if you're not sure what your email providers' MX records are, you'll need to touch base with your current email provider for help.
Setting up your domain for Rocketspark email accounts - MX Records
If Rocketspark is providing your email accounts you need to configure your domain to point your domain’s MX records to our email service. Please note, that changing the MX records below will change where your emails are being sent to.
If you are hosting the email accounts yourself you should not change the MX records.
The TXT record is optional but is recommended for improved email deliverability. This record should only be set if you are hosting emails with Rocketspark.
Our Webmail email settings:
| Host | Type | Value | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
| autodiscover | CNAME | autodiscover.emailsrvr.com | |
| @ | MX | mx1.emailsrvr.com | 10 |
| @ | MX | mx2.emailsrvr.com | 20 |
| @ | TXT | v=spf1 include:emailsrvr.com ~all |
or
| Host | Type | Value | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
| @ | MX | SMTP.GOOGLE.COM | 1 |
| @ | SPF | v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all |
| Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| _dmarc | TXT | v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:CHOSENemail@yourdomain.com |
If your emails aren't not being received by Gmail accounts you will need to add a DKIM record. A DKIM record is a specially formatted DNS TXT record that stores the public key the receiving mail server will use to verify a message’s signature. This means that every DKIM record is unique for every domain.
You will need to contact your email provider so they can send you this DNS record.
Dependent on your domain provider, you might need to enter a '@' rather than your full domain name.
What if I have more than one domain that I wish to manage myself?
Okay, now that I have the settings, how do I change my domain settings?
Or, you can refer to our 'How to' support guides for specific domain providers:
123-Reg
Names.co.uk
1and1
GoDaddy
1stDomains
Fast Hosts
Discount Domains
FreeParking
Crazy Domains
NetRegistry
Melbourneit.com.au
Domains4Less