02-24-2022, 03:53 AM
you've got the right idea.
If godaddy is still the SOA (start of authority), then you'd need to add the MX records there that point to Hostgator. And then the A record would point to Squarespace to direct to his website.
If you have a cpanel account at host gator for his account, just login to that, and look into the DNS zones and you may be able to lift those MX records to use at Godaddy, if that makes sense.
Some email providers also require using an SPF record and DKIM record in order for mail to be delivered. You could probably find those in the HOstgator cpanel as well.
Check the TTL values in your godaddy account--if the values are high, it could take a while for things to propagate fully and appear to work. I'm headed to bed shortly, but if you want to PM me the domain name, I can take a look and see if anything pops out at me.
If godaddy is still the SOA (start of authority), then you'd need to add the MX records there that point to Hostgator. And then the A record would point to Squarespace to direct to his website.
If you have a cpanel account at host gator for his account, just login to that, and look into the DNS zones and you may be able to lift those MX records to use at Godaddy, if that makes sense.
Some email providers also require using an SPF record and DKIM record in order for mail to be delivered. You could probably find those in the HOstgator cpanel as well.
Check the TTL values in your godaddy account--if the values are high, it could take a while for things to propagate fully and appear to work. I'm headed to bed shortly, but if you want to PM me the domain name, I can take a look and see if anything pops out at me.