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title: How to point MX record in Plesk Control Panel?
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updated: "2025-01-24"
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# How to point MX record in Plesk Control Panel?

## **Introduction**

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## **Prerequisites**

1. You will require Login details for the Plesk Control Panel.

## **Important Notes**

1. You should have a Domain in Plesk Control Panel.

## **Watch the Video**

## **Procedure**

1. Log in to your Plesk reseller account.[https://yourdomain.com:8443 or https://server-hostname:8443]

2. Navigate to the "Domains".

![1. Click Domains](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1.-Click-Domains-1024x498.png)

3. Select the domain for which you want to add an MX record.

![2. Click on the domain](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2.-Click-on-the-domain-1024x493.png)

4. Go to "Hosting & DNS".

![3. Click Hosting & DNS](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/3.-Click-Hosting-DNS-1024x495.png)

5. Click on "DNS Settings".

![4. Click DNS](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/4.-Click-DNS-1024x487.png)

6. Click on "Add Record".

![5. Click Add Record](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/5.-Click-Add-Record-1024x493.png)

7. In the record type drop-down menu, select "MX record."

![6. Select MX Record in the Drop Down menu](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/6.-Select-MX-Record-in-the-Drop-Down-menu-1024x487.png)

8. Leave the mail domain field empty if you're not using subdomains for email.

9. In the TTL (Time To Live) field, enter any value in seconds, for example, 3600.

![7. Enter TTL Value](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/7.-Enter-TTL-Value-1024x481.png)

10. In the "Mail exchange server" field, enter the mail exchange server name, such as mail.domainname.com.

![8. Enter the mail exchange server name](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/8.-Enter-the-mail-exchange-server-name-1024x495.png)

11. Set the priority by selecting the appropriate value from the drop-down menu. A lower value indicates higher priority.

![8. Select the priority in the drop down](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/8.-Select-the-priority-in-the-drop-down-1024x499.png)

12. Click 'OK' to save the MX record.

![9. Click Ok](https://www.siliconhouse.net/support/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9.-Click-Okay-1024x493.png)

## **Conclusion**

We have successfully learnt to point MX record in Plesk Control Panel. They are many features comes with Plesk Control Panel to configure your domain name with E-mail, DNS, Databases and FTP. For more details about [best Windows Dedicated Server in India click here](https://www.siliconhouse.net/managed-windows-dedicated-server-hosting-india).