Ensuring email forwarding continuity when transferring DNS to AWS Lightsail for a WordPress Multisite

WordPress Multisite on Lightsail: If opted for DNS management records to Lightsail, email forwarding feature still work with a domain from NameCheap?
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When you transfer DNS management to AWS Lightsail, you will lose the ability to manage your DNS records from NameCheap, which may affect services like email forwarding provided by NameCheap. Since the email forwarding is tied to the DNS records managed by NameCheap, transferring the DNS to Lightsail could disrupt the email forwarding feature.

However, you can manually configure the email forwarding feature in Lightsail by ensuring that the necessary MX (Mail Exchange) records and any other relevant email-related DNS entries are copied over from NameCheap to Lightsail’s DNS management. This way, the forwarding should continue to work even after the transfer.

To do this:

1. Before transferring, note down your current MX and email-related DNS records from NameCheap.
2. After transferring DNS management to Lightsail, add these records to your Lightsail DNS zone.

This will ensure that your email forwarding remains functional.

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Last Updated on May 24, 2025 by Admin