Right after installing a WordPress website, you should create an email with your own domain name.
A private domain email like contact@ will look more professional than a google email.
If you use a shared host, you can use the email service included in cPanel to create your own domain email.
But the best:
You should use well-known free services like Zoho and Yandex.
With the free Zoho Mail plan, you can add a domain. You can also create up to 25 users. The capacity limit for each mailbox is 5 GB. If you want to expand more, you have to spend money to buy higher packages.
Meanwhile, Yandex’s service is better than Zoho’s. In Yandex, you can add unlimited domains on one account. The maximum number of users is 1000 users. And there is no limit to the size of the mail box. See instructions for creating your own domain email with Yandex.
But when it comes to email activation, Zoho is better than Yandex in that:
Zoho works well with all Vietnamese carriers. And not Yandex. Typically Viettel network you will not receive an activation code with Yandex.
In today’s article, I will show you step-by-step how to create your own domain email with Zoho Mail.
Step by step guide to create your own domain email with Zoho
First you visit the registration page.
Scroll down. Click on the Free Plan’s Get Started button.
On the next screen, enter the following information:
The phone number you leave 0 in the output. I entered it wrong here.
After entering, click the Sign Up button.
Zoho will send a confirmation code to your phone number. Enter the code received and click the V verify My Mobile button .
You will now be redirected to the private domain email setup screen.
First you need to confirm you are the domain owner. Choose your domain registrar from the list. I choose Others to suit all situations.
As soon as you choose, you will see instructions to verify the domain.
There are 3 ways for you to authenticate the domain owner. Because sooner or later you will have to manipulate DNS, so you follow the CNAME . method
I usually use CloudFlare DNS for all my domains. I recommend you do the same because CloudFlare DNS is better than domain registrar’s.
With CloudFlare I will add a CNAME record with name and value as instructed.
Once you’ve finished adding the record in CloudFlare, you’ll return to the Zoho side screen. Click the Proceed to CNAME Verification button .
Verify successfully you will see the screen as below:
Click the Create Account button to start creating an email account.
Next you will move to the step of creating more Users. Click the Skip button. You can add User anytime you want later.
Additional step to create group mail, click the Skip button. You can create groups later if you want.
Skip to Email Delivery configuration step. This is an important step to make sure you receive the email.
In CloudFlare you add two MX records as instructed:
In addition, you should also add a CNAME record with Name as mail and Value as business.zoho.com .
This way you can access the mail.domain.com link (my example is mail.ebooklaptrinh.com) to view mail on the web. Easy to remember and convenient, right?
After adding, click the Next button to go to the next step.
In this step you will configure SPF and DKIM. The purpose of this configuration step is to help your mail to avoid going to the spam folder.
First configure the SPF, then you add a TXT record with the value Zoho provides:
For DKIM, click the button Proceed to Configure DKIM
DKIM is not yet enabled for the domain. Click on the pencil icon:
Enter a name for the selector of your choice. Click the Save button
You will now see the value of the DKIM record you need to create in the DNS section of CloudFlare
You create a DKIM in CloudFlare with the value provided:
Go back to Setup by clicking the Back to Setup button
At the Email Migratio step , click the Skip button
In the Mail Client Configuration section, click the Next button. We will configure the Mail Client later.
Finally in the Mobile Access step, click the Skip button.
You are now done creating your own domain email with Zoho.
Click the Go to Zoho Workplace button
Next click on Mail to go to Zoho Mail. Remember that you can access Zoho Mail with the address mail.domain.com as I mentioned above.
The zoho mail interface looks like this:
Add users in Zoho Mail
If you want to add a user, click on Control Panel.
On the next screen, click on User Details -> Add User
Enter the user information to create. Click the OK button. So you have created a user. With the free plan you will create up to 25 users.
Mail Client Configuration
If you want to use a Mail Client like Thunderbird or Outlook to access mail from Zoho, go to Settings-> Email Forwarding and POP/IMAP
By default, access is enabled and IMAP is disabled. Depending on your needs you can turn it on.
Use the server information you see in the Mail Client configuration.
That’s all.
You’ve built a professional-looking domain email with Zoho Mail.
Please share your experience using Zoho Mail below.
