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How to Set Up MX Records for Google Workspace
The exact MX record to add so Google Workspace receives mail for your domain, plus the SPF and DKIM records that keep your sending out of spam.
How to Set Up Business Email on a Custom Domain
Get professional you@yourdomain.com email working, whatever your options — managed provider or self-hosted. The DNS records, the trade-offs, and the setup path.
How to Stop Your Emails Going to Spam
A practical checklist for getting your email out of the spam folder — authentication, reputation, content and infrastructure — with the exact fixes that move the needle.
How to Set Up SPF, DKIM and DMARC Step by Step
The three DNS records that decide whether your email lands in the inbox or the spam folder. Here's exactly what to publish, in the right order, with real values.
How to Set Up a CAA Record for Your Domain
A CAA record tells certificate authorities which of them are allowed to issue SSL certs for your domain — a simple, powerful guard against mis-issuance.
How to Enable DNSSEC on Your Domain
DNSSEC cryptographically signs your DNS so answers can't be forged. Here's what it protects against and exactly how to turn it on at your registrar.
How to Set Up Reverse DNS (PTR) for a Mail Server
A missing or wrong PTR record is the fastest way to get your mail server's email rejected. Here's how reverse DNS works and how to set the PTR correctly.
How to Set Up a CNAME Record (with Examples)
CNAME records alias one hostname to another — perfect for www, app platforms and verification. Here's how they work, when to use them, and the rules that bite people.
How to Set Up DNS on GoDaddy for a VPS
Point a GoDaddy domain at your VPS with the right A and CNAME records. Clear steps through GoDaddy's DNS Management panel, including its @ and Nameserver quirks.
How to Set Up DNS on Namecheap for a VPS
Point a Namecheap-registered domain at your VPS with the correct A and CNAME records, using Namecheap's BasicDNS panel — no jargon, just the exact values.
How to Point a Domain to a VPS with Cloudflare
A step-by-step guide to connecting any domain to your VPS using Cloudflare's free DNS, including the exact A records and the proxy setting most people get wrong.
How to Self-Host a Status Page for Your Services
Give users a public status page that shows what's up, what's down and why. Build one for free with Uptime Kuma on a VPS.
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