{"id":45,"date":"2026-01-17T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/?post_type=kb_article&#038;p=45"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:45","slug":"set-email-routing","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/set-email-routing\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Email Routing in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:1.35rem 0 1.75rem;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-email-routing-main-11.png\" alt=\"Email Routing screen in cPanel\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>Steps<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to cPanel.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Go to <strong>Email &gt; Email Routing<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Choose the domain from the menu.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Select the routing option you need.<\/li>\n<li value=\"5\">Click <strong>Change<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Routing Options<\/h2>\n<h3>Automatically Detect Configuration<\/h3>\n<p>Use this when you want cPanel to choose the routing setting from the domain&#8217;s DNS records.<\/p>\n<h3>Local Mail Exchanger<\/h3>\n<p>Use this when email for the domain is handled by this cPanel server.<\/p>\n<h3>Backup Mail Exchanger<\/h3>\n<p>Use this when this server should hold mail if the main mail server is unavailable.<\/p>\n<h3>Remote Mail Exchanger<\/h3>\n<p>Use this when email for the domain is handled somewhere else, such as Google Workspace or Microsoft 365.<\/p>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If your email is hosted externally, choose <strong>Remote Mail Exchanger<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Incorrect routing can stop mail from reaching the right server.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steps Log in to cPanel. Go to Email &gt; Email Routing. Choose the domain from the menu. Select the routing option you need. Click&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[14],"class_list":["post-45","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-cpanel-email"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1234,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/45\/revisions\/1234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}