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Add DNS records in Squarespace

Add Mailyoto's 2 MX records and 1 SPF record in Squarespace Domains, including domains that came from Google Domains.

Updated 29 October 2026

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Squarespace keeps a domain’s records under DNS Settings, in Squarespace Domains. Squarespace also manages domains that moved over from Google Domains there.

Before you start

  • The domain added in Mailyoto. See Add your domain.
  • Access to the Squarespace account that holds the domain.

  1. Open the domain#

    Sign in to Squarespace and open Domains. Choose your domain, for example lunavera.com.

    Squarespace's Domains list with lunavera.com marked.

  2. Open DNS Settings#

    Open DNS, then DNS Settings. Squarespace groups the records into presets, such as Squarespace Defaults, with your own Custom records below.

    Squarespace's DNS Settings page with the Squarespace Defaults preset listed.

    Keep Squarespace Defaults. Those records serve your website, not your email.

  3. Delete the other MX records#

    Delete every MX record that doesn’t point to Mailyoto. A Google Workspace preset holds MX records, and so do email forwarding records carried over from Google Domains.

    Mailyoto verifies the domain only when all of its MX records are Mailyoto’s.

  4. Add the MX records#

    Under Custom records, choose Add record for each row below.

    MX records
    Host Type Priority Mail server
    @ MX 10 mx1.mailyoto.com
    @ MX 20 mx2.mailyoto.com
    Squarespace's DNS Settings with the Custom records section and its Add record button marked.

    Fill in the fields and choose Save.

    Squarespace's new custom record with Host @, Type MX, Priority 10 and Mail server mx1.mailyoto.com.

    Leave TTL as Squarespace fills it in.

  5. Add the SPF record#

    Choose Add record again, set Type to TXT and choose Save.

    Host
    @
    Type
    TXT
    Text
    v=spf1 include:spf.mailyoto.com ~all
    Squarespace's new custom record with Host @, Type TXT and Text v=spf1 include:spf.mailyoto.com ~all.

    Important

    A domain can have only 1 SPF record. If the domain already has a TXT record starting with v=spf1, edit it instead: add include:spf.mailyoto.com before its final ~all or -all. See Merging SPF records.

  6. Add the DKIM records (optional)#

    You need these only to send email from your domain. Sending is on the Pro and Max plans. Add 2 custom records with Type CNAME.

    Host
    yoto1._domainkey
    Data
    yoto1.yotosend.com
    Host
    yoto2._domainkey
    Data
    yoto2.yotosend.com

    Setting up DKIM explains what these records do.

Check the records in Mailyoto#

In Mailyoto, open Domains, choose your domain and open the DNS tab. Choose Check DNS.

The DNS tab after a check, with a tick beside every record and a message below the tables saying the domain is verified.

Each record shows a tick once Mailyoto sees it. When Mailyoto finds the MX and SPF records, the Forwarding pill at the top of the domain shows a tick.

The domain header in Mailyoto with the Forwarding and Sending pills, both ticked.

If a record still shows a cross, check it again later. Mailyoto also checks every domain each day at 02:00 UTC.

If the domain doesn’t verify#

A Google Workspace preset is still there

The DNS tab lists every MX record that isn’t Mailyoto’s. Delete the Google Workspace preset, or its MX records, then choose Check DNS again.

Another company runs the domain's DNS

If the domain’s nameservers belong to another company, records in Squarespace have no effect. Add the records at that company instead.

There are 2 SPF records

A domain can have only 1 TXT record that starts with v=spf1. Merge them into one, as in Merging SPF records.