Verify a dotster.com Domain

If your domain registrar is dotster, follow these procedures to verify your domain:

• Gather your information.
• Create an alias at your domain registrar.
• Confirm the verification.

To gather your information

1. Open the Microsoft Online Services Administration Center, click the Users tab, and then click Domains.

2. In the All Domains list, click Verify Now in the Status column of the domain that you want to verify.

3. In the Verify Your Domain Wizard, copy the part of the Microsoft Online Services alias or host name information that comes before the first dot (similar to ms30048081), and copy your destination or points to address information (similar to mail.contoso.com).

   You will need this information when you create an alias at your domain registrar.

To create a CNAME record at dotster.com

1. Sign in to your account at www.dotster.com.

2. On the Account Management Control Panel, click the My Services tab.

3. In the DOMAIN TOOLS section, next to the name of the domain that you want to verify, click Manage Domain Services.

   The Account Management page opens.

4. In the Other Services section, next to DNS Management, click Manage.

5. In the Add new CNAME record row, in the Sub Domain box, type or paste the part of the Microsoft Online Services alias or host name information that comes before the first dot (similar to ms30048081).

6. In the CName Server box, type or paste your destination or points to address information (similar to mail.contoso.com).

7. Click Update.

8. Save your changes and sign out of the account.

9. Wait at least 15 minutes before verifying the change.

To confirm the domain verification

1. After at least 15 minutes, open the Microsoft Online Services Administration Center, click the Users tab, and then click Domains.

2. In the All Domains list, click Verify Now in the Status column of the domain that you want to verify.

3. In the Verify Your Domain Wizard, click Verify.

   The Confirmation page of the Verify Your Domain Wizard appears, and the wizard makes a test connection to your domain to confirm that the verification was successful.

   Note 

   If verification fails, the changes you made may need more time to propagate. Cancel the Verify Your Domain Wizard and come back later to verify the domain. If it has been more than 72 hours since you made the changes to your domain registrar account, log on to your account and verify that you entered the alias information correctly. If you entered the information incorrectly, you must remove the incorrect alias and create a new one with the correct information by using the procedures in this topic.

4. Click Close to close the Verify Your Domain Wizard.

   Your domain is now listed as Verified in the Domains pane.

After you verify your domain, you must add or migrate users and modify the domain records before users can start to send and receive e-mail. For information about how to add or migrate users and about how to modify domains, see About Using Your Domain with Microsoft Online Services.

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