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WordPress kills my (shared) server’s CPU. Jeff documents how Ghost is absurdly fast<\/a>. It runs on Node.js, but isn’t as easy to use and doesn’t have as many plugins available. See:\u00a0Multisite: Ghost vs WordPress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mailgun<\/a> is a transactional email provider recommend by the Ghost blogging platform<\/a>\u00a0to send notification emails instead of the built-in PHP emailing options on most sites. (We are installing Ghost for speed, so why not choose a quick email service, instead of our site’s normal email processor?)<\/p>\n

Here is how I setup DNS for Mailgun in my CPanel.<\/p>\n

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Choose the “Advanced Zone Editor”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Add a TXT record<\/p>\n

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Click MX Entry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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If you are hosting your email elsewhere, follow the Mailgun instructions to add both MX records they recommend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


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