Your email provider hosts your email services and manages your login access for reading and sending emails. Here's how to identify your email provider:

Check Your Email Address Format

1. Look at what comes after @ in your email address

• Custom domain email: ends with your domain (e.g., @yourbusiness.com)
• Standard email: ends with provider name (e.g., @gmail.com, @yahoo.com)

Check Google Workspace Status

1. Open Google Workspace panel in Squarespace
2. If you see user/email addresses listed: Google Workspace is your provider
3. If you see "Select a plan": You don't have an active account

Find Mail eXchanger (MX) Records

For Squarespace domains:

1. Go to Domains dashboard
2. Click your domain
3. Navigate to DNS > Custom Records
4. Look for "Mail eXchanger" entries
5. Check the Data record ending - this indicates your provider

For third-party domains:

1. Access your domain host's DNS settings
2. Find Mail eXchanger records
3. Note the domain name at the record's end

Additional Verification Methods

1. Review bank statements for email service charges
2. Contact your domain host for DNS record information
3. Check your email client settings

Next Steps After Identifying Your Provider

• Set up custom email address with your Squarespace site
• Troubleshoot Google Workspace integration issues
• Prepare for email transfer to Squarespace
• Continue using existing email with connected domain
• Create new Google Workspace account if needed

If still unsure about your provider, contact your domain host or Squarespace support for assistance.

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