How to Set Up Titan Business Email Hosting with Your Domain | Step-by-Step Guide

Having a professional business email address is essential for establishing credibility and maintaining a strong online presence.

Titan Business Email Hosting provides reliable and efficient email solutions to Australian SMEs, technology professionals, and creatives when combined with a domain from Crazy Domains. This guide will take you through to a step-by-step setup process. Read on!

Step-by-Step Guide: Setting up Titan Business Email Hosting with Your Domain

Setting up Titan Business Email Hosting with your domain through Crazy Domains involves a few straightforward steps.

Prerequisites:

• Ensure you have an active domain name registered with Crazy Domains.
• Confirm that you have purchased a Titan Business Email Hosting plan through your Crazy Domains account.

Next, follow these steps to set up your Titan Business Email and start using your professional email address seamlessly:

Step 1: Log in to Your Crazy Domains Account

Begin by navigating to the Crazy Domains website at www.crazydomains.com.au.

Locate the login section in the upper right corner, then enter your registered email ID or username and password. Lastly, hit the button reading ‘Log In,’ and you will gain access to your account dashboard.

Step 2: Navigate to Your Domain Management

Once you are logged into your account, you will typically arrive at your main dashboard. Here, you should see a list of the domains associated with your account.

Find the domain name that you wish to use with your Titan Business Email Hosting. Look for the domain registration row and then click on the ‘Manage’ button associated with that domain. 

Step 3: Access the DNS Settings

Clicking ‘Manage’ will bring up a screen with a number of settings for the domain you selected. On this page, scroll down to the ‘DNS Settings’ section.

It assists you in maintaining your domain’s Domain Name System (DNS) records. Because they instruct the internet on how to route traffic to your domain—that is, how to send emails—DNS records are important.

By converting your domain name to the IP address of the server hosting your website or email, DNS can be thought of as the internet equivalent of a phone book.

Step 4: Adding the First MX Record

MX (Mail Exchanger) records are crucial for directing email to the correct mail servers.

To add the first MX record, look for an option to ‘Add Record’, which is represented by a button/hamburger menu in the right-hand corner. Click on this option. From the dropdown menu, choose ‘MX’ as the record type.
You will then need to fill in the following details:

You will then need to fill in the following details:

• Subdomain/Host: Leave this field blank or enter ‘@’.
• Priority: Set the priority to 10. The priority value indicates the preference for this mail server; lower numbers mean a higher preference.
• Assign to Server/Value/Points to: In this field, enter mx1.titan.email. This tells the internet that emails for your domain should be directed to Titan’s primary mail server.
• Click ‘Add’ or ‘Update’ to save this record.

Having two MX records ensures redundancy. If the primary server is temporarily unavailable, the internet will attempt to deliver your email to the secondary server.

Step 5: Adding the Second MX Record

Repeat the process from Step 4 to add the second MX record. Click ‘Add Record,’ choose ‘MX’ as the type, and enter the following details:

• Subdomain/Host: Leave this field blank or enter ‘@’.
• Priority: This time, set the priority to 20. This indicates that this is the secondary mail server.
• Assign to Server/Value/Points to: Enter mx2.titan.email. This is Titan’s secondary mail server.
• Click ‘Add’ or ‘Update’ to save this record.

Step 6: Adding the TXT Record (SPF Record)

A TXT record with SPF (Sender Policy Framework) helps to prevent email spoofing and improves your email deliverability by verifying that emails sent from your domain are from authorised servers. To add this record, click ‘Add Record’ again and choose ‘TXT’ as the record type.

Fill in the following:

• Subdomain/Host: Leave this field blank or enter ‘@’.
• Text Record/Value: Enter the following text exactly: v=spf1 include:spf.titan.email ~all.
• Click ‘Add’ or ‘Update’ to save this record.

This SPF record may assist in shielding your emails from spam screening by letting receiving mail servers know that Titan is permitted to send emails on your domain’s behalf. To further verify your email, more technical users might also want to produce DKIM and DMARC records.

Critical Note: Allow DNS Propagation Time

After you’ve updated these DNS records, it is important to consider that it may take some time for these changes to be propagated over the Internet.

This is due to something called DNS propagation, which, according to the installation video, could take 2-4 hours; however, in another scenario, it could take around 24 hours before changes are propagated across the globe.

So, do not panic if your email service is not activated immediately. It is advisable to return after a few hours and see if the changes have been implemented.

Finally, of the DNS records you should have had:

Wrapping Up

A professional business email strengthens your brand identity and enhances trust and credibility with customers and partners. With Titan Business Email Hosting, you get a reliable and feature-rich email solution that improves productivity, security, and seamless communication.

Titan Business Email Hosting with your domain via Crazy Domains is easy to set up and can dramatically impact your online presence and business communication.

Explore Crazy Domains’ range of Titan Business email hosting plans and empower your business today!