Setting up an email address with your own domain

An address like info@your-name.de instead of your.name@gmail.com stays the same when you change providers, and everyone can see at a glance who it belongs to.

1. Choose a domain

The domain is the part after the @. A domain that is short, easy to spell and without hyphens is easiest to give over the phone. The domain search shows whether it is still available.

2. Create mailboxes

Create one mailbox per person or task, for example info@, billing@ and one for each employee. Forwarding saves mailboxes: mail to contact@, for example, can be delivered to info@.

3. Set up your email client

With IMAP, messages stay on the server and look the same on your phone, your laptop and in webmail. Sending uses SMTP with authentication. On the go, webmail in the browser is all you need.

What is needed in the background

Record	Purpose
MX	tells other servers where to deliver email for your domain
SPF	lists the servers that may send on behalf of your domain
DKIM	signs every outgoing message, and the recipient verifies the signature
DMARC	tells recipients how to handle messages that pass neither SPF nor DKIM aligned with the sender domain

Without an MX record, no mail arrives. If SPF, DKIM or DMARC are missing or incorrect, recipients reject messages or file them as spam.

What it costs

Plan	Mailboxes	Storage	Price per month
Domain & Mail	up to 5	25 GB, freely distributable	€8.00
Web Visitenkarte, with website	3	300 MB each	€6.50

Both include a .de domain, plus webmail, IMAP access, spam and virus filters and an SSL certificate. If you want a website later, you can switch to a web hosting plan.

See also: View Domain & Mail Web hosting plans Transferring a domain