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# Will connecting my domain affect my email?

Short answer: **no, if you follow the standard setup.** The two steps in the [Connect a custom domain](/docs/custom-domain) guide don’t touch any email-related DNS records.

## How email and websites coexist on the same domain

Your domain’s DNS settings include separate records for different purposes:

- `CNAME` and `A` records point web traffic to a server — that’s us.

- `MX` records point email traffic to your mail provider (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Hostinger Mail, Zoho, etc.).

- `TXT` records hold supporting info (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) that proves your email is legitimate.

Connecting your domain to WebEgg means adding a single web-traffic record (`CNAME www`) and setting up URL forwarding. Your `MX` and `TXT` records keep doing exactly what they were doing.

## What NOT to do

**Don’t change your nameservers** unless you’re intentionally moving DNS to a new provider AND you’ve copied over all your existing records (especially `MX` and `TXT`).
Changing nameservers wipes the slate — any record not present at the new provider stops working, and email can start bouncing within minutes.

## Setting up email after you’ve connected your domain

If you don’t yet have email on your domain and want to add it, you can do that any time — before or after connecting your site to WebEgg. The two are independent:

1. Sign up with an email provider (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho Mail, your registrar’s mail service, etc.).

1. The provider gives you `MX` and `TXT` records to add at your registrar.

1. Add those records alongside the `CNAME www` record you added for WebEgg. They don’t conflict.

## Checking your current email setup

Before you change anything, you can see your current email configuration at [mxtoolbox.com](https://mxtoolbox.com) — type your domain and run the *MX Lookup*. If you see entries pointing to your mail provider, your email is set up and will keep working through the WebEgg connection.

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