Google MX

MX record works as identifiers to the server for handling your email for your domain. Domain contains one more MX record that contains the information of the priority order. Sending and Receiving of emails is highly dependent on the records. At the time when you send mail to someone's domain then it first delivered to available server, which has been set according to the priority. Actually, it is the performance teller for email to specified domain. 

So changing in priority in MX records can result changing in way of receiving emails at your domain. Always be sure about priority while changing records for your domain....

Although, creating or editing of MX records can also performed by administration tools which are already offered by domain provider. Here are some basic instructions for creating of Google MX records which can be applied to most of domains.

The creating process of Google MX records starts with signing in to the administrative area of your domain. Then after you need to specify the page that lets you update the records. Along with that you need to allow advanced setting for further process for creating MX Records. After completing these process there is need of attaching of an email server records.

Now enter the exact name of the server like ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. There may be need of putting a trailing period at the closing stage of server name because it was generally asked by most of server provider.

Now come to the process for setting priority in the record

Always remember that numbers set in Google MX records are inversely proportional to priority means lower the number is higher in priority and higher numbers are lower in priority. Using of priority number differs by different domains. Another important thing that you must know is that if your domain provider allows you to set the value of Time To Live then set it to three hundred sec.

Always remember that set lower priority to backup server and provide higher priority to primary email server. If you still feel problem then visit to Google's official site for more help or you can also take help from web hosting provider.

Note: many web hosting provider set records priority according to the email plan that have been purchased. Changing or creating new record may stop functioning email facility properly. For example rediff when provide server along with email ids. It comes with default MX priority setting.