Question
How to configure emails through DigitalOcean DNS for Gandi-managed domained ?
- Posted December 14, 2020
- DNS
I bought kidkod.io domain name on Gandi, and I am trying to link it with digital ocean’s DNS.
I set up an email redirection on gandi :
contact@ => forwards to : romain.jouin@gmail.com
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- Gandi alert : ==================== Gandi display an alert on my email configuration, as follow : "This domain is not using our LiveDNS nameservers. You can use Gandi Mail with any nameserver, but if you’re experiencing issues with your email please refer to your DNS provider and ensure that the domain’s DNS configuration contains the following records:
@ 10800 IN MX 10 spool.mail.gandi.net. @ 10800 IN MX 50 fb.mail.gandi.net. @ 10800 IN TXT “v=spf1 include:_mailcust.gandi.net ?all”
- Digital Ocean conf: ==================== A the same time, I set up the Digital Ocean DNS to :
Type Hostname Value TTL
TXT kidkod.io returns “v=spf1 include:_mailcust.gandi.net ?all” 3600
MX kidkod.io mail handled by fb.mail.gandi.net.50 14400
MX kidkod.io mail handled by spool.mail.gandi.net. 10 14400
A kidkod.io directs to 167.99.94.16 3600
NS kidkod.io directs to ns1.digitalocean.com. 1800
NS kidkod.io directs to ns2.digitalocean.com. 1800
NS kidkod.io directs to ns3.digitalocean.com. 1800
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- Problem : ====================
I don’t receive any mail if I send one to contact@kidkod.io it get lost in the wild (and no error message back neither).
What do I do wrong ? How to fix the issue ?
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Thanks for your answer, the NS records are indeed registered in gandi, so I just took off the NS records in digital ocean for the Domain kidkod.io .
Let’s hope it solves the issue (no mention of any NS needs on gandi’s interface). They just state about : @ 10800 IN MX 10 spool.mail.gandi.net. @ 10800 IN MX 50 fb.mail.gandi.net. @ 10800 IN TXT “v=spf1 include:_mailcust.gandi.net ?all”
Let’s see !
I checked your WHOIS, which looks good. I checked your TXT and MX records, they also look good (utilizing the common
digutility).Do the gandi instructions specify creating
NSrecords? That’s the only part of the setup that I don’t see any instructions for. Plus, if your WHOIS is pointed at ns1.digitalocean.com, you don’t need to set up any NS records for your domainkidkod.io- if there aren’t instructions for it, I’d remove those NS records from your domain in the DO cloud panel.DNS changes can be slow to propagate, sometimes taking up to 48 H to become fully active, so that might be the issue there.
Hope this helps - please let us know if you have more questions :)