Set up a custom domain

This article explains how to set up your own domain with StartMail to be able to send and receive emails with your domain. This article is about setting up your own domain so that you can send and receive emails with your own domain. Please note that you must already bring your domain to us in order to be able to set it up with StartMail.

• Verify your domain
• Set up your MX records
• Enable Catch-all

Verify your domain

1. Go to the main homepage and click to sign up for a Custom Domain. Enter your own domain and click on Add domain.
   
   
   
   

2. To verify your domain, log in to your domain's registrar in a separate browser window. Copy the startmail-verification and enter it then as a TXT record in the registrar's DNS settings.
   
   
   
   

3. When you have successfully entered the TXT startmail-verification value, your domain is shown as verified.
   
   
   
   

4. Enter your display name and your desired email address and enter your password twice. Click on Next.
   
   
   
   

5. Choose your Country and click on Next.
   
   
   
   

6. Enter your card details (or select PayPal) and click on Next.
   
   
   
   

7. Read our Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy carefully and accept it by ticking the checkbox. Click on Pay € 59,95 & subscribe.
   
   
   
   

8. You will now be shown a one-time recovery code. Store this code safely as it is used to recover your StartMail account in case you lose your password. Confirm you saved the one-time recovery code and click on Go to inbox.
   
   
   
   

9. To finish your domain setup, click on Complete your domain setup.
   
   
   
   

10. To be able to send emails from your own domain, please also add the MX records and the SPF record in your registrar's DNS settings. See the instruction below.
    
    If you have trouble adding a TXT record with our instructions, please check with your domain registrar as they might require different inputs to add a record.
    
    

Set up your MX and TXT SPF records

1. Update all MX records in the DNS settings to match the following. Delete or create new entries as needed:
   
   

   Record	Host / Name	Value	Priority
   MX	@	mx1.startmail.com	10
   MX	@	mx2.startmail.com	10
   TXT	@	"v=spf1 include:spf.startmail.com ~all"

    
   The interface will indicate if there are any missing or wrong records configured.
   
   
   

Enable Catch-all

1. Our new feature Catch-all allows you to collect all email messages sent to non-existent email addresses in your domain. To enable it, visit Settings > Domain.
   
   
   
   
2. When all statuses are set to Completed, you are able to send and receive emails from your own domain.