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How to set up business email on a GoDaddy domain
The short answer
Add your domain in Mailaholic, then in GoDaddy open your domain’s DNS and add the records Mailaholic shows: one TXT to prove ownership, then an MX record pointing to mx.workaholicdevelopers.com and TXT records for SPF, DKIM and DMARC. Remove any old MX records, wait for every record to turn green, and create your mailboxes.
Before you start
- A Mailaholic account, with your domain added under Domains. The dashboard then shows the exact records for your domain.
- Access to the place where your domain’s DNS is managed. That is wherever its nameservers point, which is not always where you bought it.
- Your GoDaddy login. If the domain’s nameservers point somewhere else (Cloudflare, for example), add the records there instead.
The records you will add
Mailaholic shows the exact values for your domain. For a domain like yourdomain.com they look like this:
| Type | Name | Value | Priority | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TXT | _mailnest-verify | mailnest-verify=… (your own code, shown in the dashboard) | — | Step 1 only: proves the domain is yours |
| MX | @ | mx.workaholicdevelopers.com | 10 | Brings incoming email to your mailboxes |
| TXT | @ | v=spf1 a:mx.workaholicdevelopers.com ~all | — | SPF: lets our server send as you |
| TXT | dkim._domainkey | v=DKIM1;… (your own key, shown in the dashboard) | — | DKIM: signs every message you send |
| TXT | _dmarc | v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:… (shown in the dashboard) | — | DMARC: reporting, starting in monitor mode |
Step by step
Add your domain in Mailaholic
In Mailaholic, add your domain. It shows an ownership record: a TXT named
_mailnest-verifywith a code that is unique to you.Open GoDaddy DNS
Sign in to GoDaddy, open your Domain Portfolio, select the domain and open its DNS records (shown as DNS, Manage DNS or Edit DNS).
Prove ownership
Click Add New Record, choose TXT, enter the name
_mailnest-verifyand paste the value from Mailaholic. Save, then confirm it in Mailaholic.Add the mail records
Add each record from the table: MX with name
@, valuemx.workaholicdevelopers.comand priority 10; then the SPF, DKIM and DMARC TXT records. Type names exactly as shown: GoDaddy adds your domain itself.Remove old mail records
If the domain used GoDaddy email or forwarding before, delete those MX records and the old SPF record once your Mailaholic mailboxes are ready. GoDaddy warns that changing MX records interrupts whatever email is connected now.
Wait for green, then go
Mailaholic re-checks each record live. When all are green, create your mailboxes and send a test.
Check that it worked
- Mailaholic checks each record live and marks it green or red, so you can see what still needs fixing.
- Most changes show up within an hour; some providers take up to 24–48 hours.
- Once all records are green, create a mailbox and send a test email to a Gmail or Outlook address, then reply to it.
Checked October 2026 against each provider’s own help pages. Menus move — if a label differs on your screen, look for the nearest match.
Problems and questions
Mail still goes to my old provider
SPF shows red
DKIM shows red
Do I have to move my domain away from GoDaddy?
Will my website stop working?
How long do the changes take?
Sources: godaddy.com/help/add-an-mx-record-19234, godaddy.com/help/manage-dns-records-680
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