{"id":126110,"date":"2024-11-07T10:10:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/?p=126110"},"modified":"2024-11-07T10:10:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:10:05","slug":"how-to-set-up-rackspace-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-rackspace-email\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set Up Rackspace email"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Rackspace Email<\/h2>\n<p>Rackspace Email is a cloud-based tool that\u00a0provides an all-in-one solution for productivity and team collaboration. In this blog post, we&#8217;ll walk you through the step-by-step process of setting up Rackspace Email for your organization.<\/p>\n<p>If you already have purchased a plan or your hosting provider offers rackspace email service, then skip down to the DNS configuration.<\/p>\n<h2>Choose A Plan<\/h2>\n<p>Before you start setting up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rackspace.com\/en-gb\/applications\/rackspace-email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rackspace Business Email<\/a>, you need to select the right plan that suits your organization&#8217;s needs. Consider factors of what features each plan provides to make an informed decision.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/workspace.google.com\/intl\/en_uk\/pricing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2231\" height=\"1690\" src=\"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rackspace-plans.webp\" alt=\"rackspace-plans\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rackspace-plans.webp 2231w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rackspace-plans-300x227.webp 300w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rackspace-plans-1024x776.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rackspace-plans-768x582.webp 768w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rackspace-plans-1536x1164.webp 1536w, https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/rackspace-plans-2048x1551.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2231px) 100vw, 2231px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Rackspace MX Records<\/h2>\n<p>Setting up email authentication for your domain is advised to help prevent email spoofing or valid email messages being forwarded to a Spam\/Junk folder. SPF and DKIM are the two most frequent types of email authentication DNS entries that may be added to your DNS.<\/p>\n<h3>Add the following DNS entries:<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Name\/Host<\/th>\n<th>Priority<\/th>\n<th>Value\/Content<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>MX<\/td>\n<td>Blank or @<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>mx1.emailsrvr.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MX<\/td>\n<td>Blank or @<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>mx2.emailsrvr.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Email Authentication<\/h2>\n<p>Setting up email authentication for your domain is advised to help prevent email spoofing or valid email messages being forwarded to a Spam\/Junk folder. SPF and DMARC are the two most frequent types of email authentication DNS entries that may be added to your domain.<\/p>\n<h3>Add the following DNS entries:<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Name<\/th>\n<th>Value\/Content<\/th>\n<th>TTL<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>TXT<\/td>\n<td>Blank or @<\/td>\n<td>v=spf1 include:emailsrvr.com ~all<\/td>\n<td>Auto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TXT<\/td>\n<td>_dmarc<\/td>\n<td>v=DMARC1; p=quarantine<\/td>\n<td>Auto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TXT<\/td>\n<td>autodiscover<\/td>\n<td>autodiscover.emailsrvr.com<\/td>\n<td>Auto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Email Migration (If applicable)<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re migrating from another email service to Rackspace Email, you&#8217;ll need to transfer your emails and contacts. Contact our sales and we can give you a quote on email migration.<\/p>\n<h2>Need WordPress Hosting?<\/h2>\n<p>Join us at Chkserv if you&#8217;re looking at creating a WordPress website or <strong>migrate an existing<\/strong> <strong>site<\/strong>. You can look at our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chkserv.com\/blog\/managed-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hosting plans<\/a><\/strong>. When you host with Chkserv, we provide a <strong>FREE<\/strong> WordPress migration service, as well as DDoS and Bot protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rackspace Email Rackspace Email is a cloud-based tool that\u00a0provides an all-in-one solution for productivity and team collaboration. In this blog post, we&#8217;ll walk you through the step-by-step process of setting up Rackspace Email for your organization. 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