{"id":11999,"date":"2026-05-21T06:45:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/?p=11999"},"modified":"2026-05-21T07:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:00:57","slug":"how-to-do-email-routing-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/how-to-do-email-routing-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Do Email Routing in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-section-id=\"1afo912\" data-start=\"1396\" data-end=\"1440\">Email routing in cPanel allows you to control how incoming emails for your domain are handled. By configuring email routing properly, you can direct emails to local mail servers, remote email services, or backup mail exchangers based on your business requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Steps to Configure Email Routing in cPanel<\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1xgjbzb\" data-start=\"1442\" data-end=\"1477\">1. Log in to Your cPanel Account<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1479\" data-end=\"1539\">Access your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/\">hosting<\/a> cPanel using your username and password.<\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1jgzpj1\" data-start=\"1546\" data-end=\"1570\">2. Open Email Routing<\/h4>\n<ul data-start=\"1572\" data-end=\"1636\">\n<li data-section-id=\"uobg08\" data-start=\"1572\" data-end=\"1607\">Navigate to the <strong data-start=\"1590\" data-end=\"1599\">EMAIL<\/strong> section<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"rowoon\" data-start=\"1608\" data-end=\"1636\">Click on <strong data-start=\"1619\" data-end=\"1636\">Email Routing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1638\" data-end=\"1676\">The Email Routing interface will open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/email-routing-in-the-email-section.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12003 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/email-routing-in-the-email-section-1024x465.png\" alt=\"email-routing-in-the-email-section\" width=\"640\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/email-routing-in-the-email-section-1024x465.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/email-routing-in-the-email-section-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/email-routing-in-the-email-section-768x348.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/email-routing-in-the-email-section.png 1459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"gvzzs9\" data-start=\"1683\" data-end=\"1706\">3. Select the Domain<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1708\" data-end=\"1800\">Choose the domain name from the dropdown menu for which you want to configure email routing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/email-routing-application.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12005 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/email-routing-application-1024x671.png\" alt=\"email-routing-application\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/email-routing-application-1024x671.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/email-routing-application-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/email-routing-application-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/email-routing-application.png 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"vp1krf\" data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"448\">4. Choose the Email Routing Configuration<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"450\" data-end=\"528\">Select the appropriate email routing option based on your email hosting setup.<\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1m1s38g\" data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"582\">Automatically Detect Configuration (Recommended)<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"709\">This is the recommended option. cPanel checks your MX records automatically and selects the appropriate configuration between:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"780\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1lq9nut\" data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"732\">Local Mail Exchanger<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"45xzeu\" data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"756\">Backup Mail Exchanger<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1ch2rsc\" data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"780\">Remote Mail Exchanger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"m5dzl7\" data-start=\"787\" data-end=\"811\">Local Mail Exchanger<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"845\">This option allows the server to:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"923\">\n<li data-section-id=\"18w20x5\" data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"878\">Accept incoming emails locally<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"17k8mmu\" data-start=\"879\" data-end=\"923\">Deliver emails directly to local mailboxes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"977\">Best for domains using cPanel-hosted email accounts.<\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1591co8\" data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"1009\">Backup Mail Exchanger<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1010\" data-end=\"1072\">This option enables the server to act as a backup mail server.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1114\">If the primary mail server goes offline:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1115\" data-end=\"1223\">\n<li data-section-id=\"14ghuiq\" data-start=\"1115\" data-end=\"1155\">Incoming emails are temporarily stored<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1hnsv7y\" data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1223\">Emails are delivered once the primary server becomes active again<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1om2jgi\" data-start=\"1230\" data-end=\"1255\">Remote Mail Exchanger<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1321\">Choose this option if you use third-party email services such as:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1368\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1f2frk4\" data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1340\">Google Workspace<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1o1e1rg\" data-start=\"1341\" data-end=\"1356\">Microsoft 365<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1h06zf7\" data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1368\">Zoho Mail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1370\" data-end=\"1394\">With this configuration:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1395\" data-end=\"1505\">\n<li data-section-id=\"2ik6b1\" data-start=\"1395\" data-end=\"1436\">The server will not accept local emails<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All emails will route to the external mail server using MX records<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/configure-email-routing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12006 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/configure-email-routing.png\" alt=\"configure-email-routing\" width=\"575\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/configure-email-routing.png 808w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/configure-email-routing-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/configure-email-routing-768x422.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1fbh6nq\" data-start=\"1512\" data-end=\"1540\">5. Save the Configuration<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1541\" data-end=\"1593\">After selecting your preferred email routing option:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1594\" data-end=\"1623\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1onwwa7\" data-start=\"1594\" data-end=\"1623\">Click the <strong data-start=\"1606\" data-end=\"1616\">Change<\/strong> button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1625\" data-end=\"1686\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Your email routing settings will now be updated successfully.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email routing in cPanel allows you to control how incoming emails for your domain are handled. By configuring email routing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-updates","category-cpanel","category-cpanel-complete-tutorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11999"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12010,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11999\/revisions\/12010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}