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Tutorial On How To Point Domain IP Address or Nameserver To GPM

There are two methods for our clients to get their websites active with GPM. The first is to point the nameserver to our nameservers ns1.globalpresence.org & ns2.globalpresence.org. The second is to point A records to our IP: 107.190.141.34

If you are hosting your email on another server, please only change the A record to our IP: 107.190.141.34 or the custom IP address we emailed you.

This tutorial will show you how to make changes to the Nameserver and the A Record using GoDaddy as an example.

Nameserver Changes

If GPM is managing your emails on our server, or through Google, Microsoft, etc., or you are using the email add-ons that come with your business or nonprofit bundle. Please login into your domain registry and point your domain to our nameserver, which is:

ns1.globalpresence.org
ns2.globalpresence.org

Step 1:

Find out what your hosting provider’s nameservers are.

Most web hosting providers include their nameserver information in their welcome email. You can check on Godaddy Who-is

For example, the screenshot shows the relevant section of the welcome email.

Step 2:

Log in to your Domain Registry Client Area.

To log in to your GoDaddy client area, click the “Sign In” menu item in the top right-hand corner and select “Sign In”.

Look at this Godaddy Sample:

Step 3:

Select ‘Manage my domain’.

Scroll down the page to the “Domains” section, and select “Manage my domain” next to the domain you wish to configure nameservers for.

Step 4:

Select ‘Manage DNS’

Click the “Manage DNS” link to go to the DNS management page.

Step 5:

Scroll down to the Nameservers section and click ‘Change’

Scroll down to the “Nameservers” section, and click “Change”.

Step 6:

Click ‘Enter my own nameservers (advanced)’

Step 7:

Enter nameservers and click ‘Save’.

Step 8:

Consent to Nameservers Update.

Click the checkbox to consent to the Nameservers update, and select “Continue”.

Step 9:

Wait for Nameservers to Update.

It can take up to 24 hours for the nameservers to update.

- Godaddy Tutorial Here

- Hostgator Tutorial Here

A Record Changes

Step 1:

Edit your ‘A Record’ under the DNS Records Section.

To edit the “A” Record for your plain domain, click the edit icon next to the following record:

  • Type: A
  • Name: @

The “@” indicates the name of your plain domain name (i.e., thewebmaster.com).

Specs should look like this Godaddy sample:

Step 2:
Add Server IP address to A record.

Update your “A” record by adding your server IP address to the “Value” box.

You can leave all the settings as they are. Then click “Save”.

Specs should look like this Godaddy sample:

Step 3:
Wait for DNS Records to Update.

It can take up to 48 hours for the nameservers to update. As the TTL is set to 600 seconds for the A record, it should update after that.

Specs should look like this Godaddy sample:

Type: A
Name: @
IP: 107.190.141.34
TTL: 600 seconds

Please A Record Tutorial here

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