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DNSimple does not provide email hosting. Our primary focus is domain management services, including DNS hosting, domain registration, and SSL certificates. You can use a third-party email hosting provider and manage all your DNS records through DNSimple.

What is an email hosting service?

Email hosting services run mail servers that let you send and receive email using a custom address at your domain (e.g., hello@yourdomain.com). Professional hosting services offer more storage, better spam filters, and higher sending limits compared to free email services like Gmail and Yahoo.

Email hosting options with DNSimple

If you need email hosting for a domain managed by DNSimple, you have several options:

  • Google Workspace: Professional email with Gmail, Calendar, and Drive. DNSimple provides a one-click service for quick DNS setup.
  • Microsoft 365: Professional email with Outlook, plus Office applications. DNSimple provides a one-click service for quick DNS setup.
  • FastMail: Privacy-focused email hosting. DNSimple provides a one-click service.
  • Pobox: Email forwarding and hosting. DNSimple provides a one-click service.
  • Rackspace Email: Business email hosting. DNSimple provides a one-click service.
  • Mailgun: Transactional email delivery. DNSimple provides a one-click service.
  • Postmark: Transactional email delivery. DNSimple provides a one-click service.
  • Atmail: Email hosting and webmail. DNSimple provides a one-click service.
  • Other providers (Zoho, ProtonMail, etc.): You can use any email hosting provider by manually adding their required DNS records.

See the full list of one-click services for email.

Setting up a third-party email provider

Integrating any email hosting provider with DNSimple follows the same general process:

Set up a third-party email provider
  1. Sign up with your chosen email hosting provider and add your domain.
  2. Get DNS records from the provider. They will typically provide MX records for email delivery, TXT records for domain verification, and possibly CNAME records for services like Autodiscover.
  3. Configure DNS in DNSimple. Use a one-click service if available for your provider, or add records manually in the Record Editor.
  4. Verify your domain with the email provider if required.
  5. Test email delivery by sending a test message to an address at your domain.

Warning

If you are currently using DNSimple email forwarding, you must disable it before setting up email hosting. Email forwarding and email hosting use different MX records and cannot run simultaneously on the same domain.

Configuring email authentication

Regardless of which email provider you choose, set up email authentication to improve deliverability and protect against spoofing:

  • SPF: Specifies which mail servers are authorized to send email from your domain.
  • DKIM: Adds a cryptographic signature to outgoing email. Your email provider will supply the DKIM key.
  • DMARC: Tells receiving servers what to do with messages that fail SPF or DKIM checks.

Your email provider’s documentation will include the specific values for each of these records.

Email forwarding as an alternative

If you do not need full email hosting (sending, receiving, and storing messages), DNSimple’s email forwarding service can redirect mail sent to addresses at your domain to an existing email account. Email forwarding is billed at $2 per month, per domain. Message limits and maximum number of email forwards are based on your plan type.

Have more questions?

If you have questions about setting up email hosting or using our one-click services, contact support, and we’ll be happy to help.