Email Hosting: Mailboxes, Forwarders & DNS Records

Create a mailbox

On a hosting service open the Email → Mailboxes tab and click Add Mailbox. Choose the local part (the bit before the @), set a strong password, and pick a quota. The mailbox is live within seconds.

Connect a mail client

SettingValue
IMAP hostmail.yourdomain.com
IMAP port993 (SSL)
SMTP hostmail.yourdomain.com
SMTP port465 (SSL) or 587 (STARTTLS)
Usernamefull address, e.g. you@yourdomain.com
Passwordthe mailbox password

Webmail

SnappyMail webmail is included at https://mail.yourdomain.com/ — log in with the full mailbox address.

Forwarders & aliases

Open Email → Forwarders to send mail from one address to another. Common uses:

  • Forward contact@yourdomain.com to your personal mailbox.
  • Catch-all forwarder for *@yourdomain.com (use sparingly — it attracts spam).

The DNS records that matter

Email deliverability is mostly DNS. The panel shows the exact records to add — copy them into your DNS provider:

  • MX — tells the world which server receives mail for your domain.
  • SPF (TXT on root) — lists who is allowed to send mail as your domain.
  • DKIM (TXT on a selector) — cryptographic signature so receivers can verify mail was not tampered with.
  • DMARC (TXT on _dmarc) — policy for what receivers should do when SPF or DKIM fail.

Testing

After publishing the records, send a message to check-auth@verifier.port25.com from your domain. The reply will tell you whether SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are passing.

Skip DKIM and your mail will likely land in Gmail’s spam. The panel signs every outgoing message, but only if the DKIM TXT record is published.
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