You are free to use a different mail server but still host your website with InMotion Hosting. This can be accomplished through changing your MX records. Making changes to your MX records will still allow you to host your website with us, but you email at a third party server such as Google.

Obtaining Third Party MX Records

The first step in routing your mail to a third party is the obtain the MX records that party wants you to use. In this example, we'll use Google. Google would provide you with a list of MX records to enter in. This must be entered correctly for the email to function properly:

The MX records above are an example of the MX records you would need to use to set up Google Apps.

Changing your Domain's MX Record

The first step is to log into your cPanel account. Once logged into cPanel, find the icon "Mx Entry" in the Mail section:

Next you will need to remove the exisiting records. To do this, click on the delete link next to each record. Once all the records are removed, we can now enter the new records. We will use the same records as above, as if we were going to use Google Apps.

Once you have entered in the record correctly, simply click "Add New Record" and now you can verify the record was created correctly. Follow this same process for each record you need to create.