Overview
You can point a domain name to the address of the mail server to ensure that you can send and receive emails.
Prerequisites
Contact your mailbox provider to obtain the required DNS records.
Add DNS records
1. Contact your mailbox provider to obtain the required DNS records. The following table lists the DNS records that are required to be configured for Alibaba Mail.
Hostname | Record type | Priority | Record value |
@ | MX | 5 | mx1.qiye.aliyun.com |
@ | MX | 10 | mx2.qiye.aliyun.com |
@ | MX | 15 | mx3.qiye.aliyun.com |
imap | CNAME | imap.qiye.aliyun.com | |
pop3 | CNAME | pop.qiye.aliyun.com | |
smtp | CNAME | smtp.qiye.aliyun.com | |
CNAME | qiye.aliyun.com | ||
@ | TXT | v=spf1 include:spf.qiye.aliyun.com -all |
2. Log on to the Alibaba Cloud DNS console
3. In the left-side navigation pane, click Manage DNS. On the Domains tab, click a domain name to go to the DNS Settings page. On the page that appears, click the Add Record button.
4. Add the required DNS records and set parameters. The following figures show how to add an MX record, a CNAME record, and a TXT record.
