Set up email on your domain with Network Solutions

Automatic setup

Network Solutions does not offer a way for a mail service to add records with your approval, so there is no one-click setup here. When you add your domain, Mornin lists the exact records to add. Once they are in place, Mornin checks them for you.

Add the records manually

1. Sign in to your Network Solutions account and open Domain Names.
2. For your domain, open the three-dot menu under Actions and choose Manage.
3. Scroll to Advanced Tools and choose Manage next to Advanced DNS Records. Confirm with Continue if asked.
4. Choose + Add Record, pick the type and add each record from the table below. In Refers to, enter @ for the root of the domain; after saving it is shown as @ (None).
5. For the MX record, enter mail.mornin.email as the mail server and 10 as the priority.

Mornin shows the exact records for your domain in the panel under Domains → your domain → DNS records, with the values filled in. The table below shows their shape, so you know what to expect. Use a TTL of 3600 (1 hour) where your provider asks for one.

Recommended: mail app discovery

These records are optional. They help mail apps such as Apple Mail, Thunderbird and Outlook find the right servers on their own. Domain activation never waits for them.

Common pitfalls with Network Solutions

• Existing MX records. Delete every other MX record with the edit tool and Delete. Otherwise some mail keeps going to the old server.
• No dot at the end. At Network Solutions a value must not end with a dot. Enter mail.mornin.email, not mail.mornin.email.
• One SPF record only. Merge include:spf.smtp2go.com into an existing v=spf1 record instead of adding a second one.
• Nameservers elsewhere. Advanced DNS Records only work when the domain uses Network Solutions’ nameservers. Mornin shows which provider answers for your domain.
• Changes take time. At Network Solutions new records can take a few hours to show up. Mornin keeps checking in the meantime.

Check and activate

Go back to the Mornin panel and run the DNS check. Mornin compares your records with public DNS and marks each one as found. Most providers publish changes within minutes. Some resolvers cache old values for up to the TTL of the record they replaced, so allow an hour or two before you worry.

When the MX record is live, new mail for your domain arrives at Mornin. Create your mailboxes and aliases first, so no message arrives for an address that doesn’t exist yet.

Other guides

• CloudflareDNS records for domains on Cloudflare DNS.
• IONOSDNS records for domains registered at IONOS.
• VercelDNS records for domains using Vercel DNS.
• NamecheapDNS records for domains using Namecheap DNS.
• Any other providerThe same records work at any DNS host.