Email Accounts
Configure Email functionality
In order to successfully create a mailbox and/or forwarders-only the following settings must be configured:
- An ‘Email’ role must have been installed on a server
- The website must be assigned an ‘Email’ role
- A Roundcube domain must be configured in ‘Settings’ > Platform’ > ‘Platform domains’ > ‘Roundcube domain’
- The hosting package must allow ‘Email accounts’
Add a mailbox/forwarder-only
- OpenΒ EmailΒ in the left side bar
- SelectΒ Add account
- When the form loads, input the email address and selecr the type of account you would like to create (mailbox or forwarder only)
- Complete the form
- ClickΒ AddΒ to finish
Email authentication
Email authentication (or email validation) is a collection of protocols used to verify the source and legitimacy of email messages.
SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is a form of email sender authentication. It validates if an email was sent from an authorized IP address. An SPF record is automatically added to every domain.
DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is a form of domain authentication that signs the message and verifies it was sent from the source domain. DKIM can be enabled on a per domain basis.
To enable DKIM on a domain:
- OpenΒ WebsitesΒ in the left side bar
- Select the website you would like to enable DKIM
- SelectΒ DomainsΒ from the top menu and select the domain you would like to enable DKIM on
- Scroll toΒ Email autheticationΒ and toggle DKIMΒ On
- If the DNS is hosted with Enhance wait for validation. If the DNS is hosted elsewhere, follow the instructions on screen to complete authentication.
Catch-all email addresses
A catch-all email address accepts all emails sent to an address on a domain, this includes any non-existent or misspelled email addresses. This means that a [email protected] catch-all email address will also receive mail sent to [email protected] and [email protected].
To create a catch-all email address:
- On your website dashboard selectΒ Emails
- Click Add account
- Complete the form ensuring you selectΒ Make this email address a catch-all
- ClickΒ Save
To convert an existing email address to a catch-all:
WARNING
Only one catch-all email address can be created per domain.
- On your website dashboard selectΒ Emails
- Locate the email address you would like to convert and selectΒ Manage
- Scroll toΒ Catch-all
- ToggleΒ Catch-allΒ on
