Getting started

Vellumail hosts your domain's mail entirely - SMTP, IMAP, JMAP, CardDAV, and webmail all run on our infrastructure. Getting a domain receiving and sending mail takes three steps.

1. Choose a plan and sign up

Pick a plan on the pricing page and complete checkout. This creates your account and, once billing is confirmed, provisions a tenant for your organization - a shared or dedicated database depending on the plan.

2. Add your domain

From Account → Domains, add the domain you want to send and receive mail for. You'll need access to that domain's DNS records at your registrar or DNS host to complete setup.

3. Publish DNS records

Each domain's page shows the exact records to publish:

• SPF - a TXT record authorizing Vellumail's servers to send mail for your domain.
• DMARC - a TXT record telling other mail servers what to do with mail that fails authentication, and where to send aggregate reports.
• DKIM - a signing key generated per domain. Contact support to have a DKIM key generated and its public key published for your domain.

Mail will still flow before DNS is fully propagated, but other providers are more likely to mark it as spam until SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are all in place and aligned.

Next

Once your domain is verified, head to Mailboxes to create your first mailbox.