Mailboxes
Mailboxes, forwarding, spam rules and mail security for this domain. Pills on top: mailboxes, forwarders, deliverability grade.
A mail domain. Mailboxes, size limits, actions.| Box / button | What it does |
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| Outbound routing | Relays, routes, sending limits. See Outbound routing. |
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| Add mailbox | New mailbox. See below. |
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| Search mailboxes… | Filter the list. |
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| Mailbox · Size limit · Status | Address, limit (no limit), active. |
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| Manage | The mailbox's own page. See One mailbox. |
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| Reset password | Generate a new password (shown once, to hand over) or Set this password (at least 10 characters). |
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| Size limit | Megabytes. 0 = no limit. Full mailbox: mail refused, sender told. |
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| Sign in as | Opens their mailbox console as them. Recorded as you. |
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| Delete | Removes the mailbox and its mail. No undo but a backup. |
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New mailbox
| Box / button | What it does |
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| Address | The part before the @, e.g. sales. |
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| Size limit (MB) | Default 0 = no limit, within your account's allowance. |
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| Password (optional) | Blank: a strong one is generated and shown once. Set: at least 10 characters. |
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Forwarding and aliases
| Box / button | What it does |
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| Add forwarder | Mail to one address goes to others. Nothing stored for it. |
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| Address | The part before the @, e.g. info. @ alone = catch-all: everything no mailbox takes. |
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| Forward to | Full addresses, comma separated. Outside the platform needs external forwarding. |
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| catch-all | Pill on the catch-all row. |
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| Edit · Delete | Change destinations, or remove. |
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Always accept or always reject
| Box / button | What it does |
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| Add rule | One sender or domain. |
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| Rule | Always accept — never treat as spam or Always reject — refuse at the door. |
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| Sender or domain | e.g. someone@example.com or example.com. |
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| Applies to | The whole domain (every mailbox), or one mailbox. |
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Why was a message scored that way?
| Box / button | What it does |
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| Paste box | The message as it arrived, headers and all. |
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| Score it | Shows the action, score, threshold, what raised and what lowered it. Nothing delivered, stored or learned. |
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Spam thresholds
| Box / button | What it does |
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| Move to Junk at | Score above which mail goes to Junk. Lower = stricter. Empty = platform default. |
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| Refuse at | Score above which mail is refused and the sender told. Keep it well above Junk. |
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| Skip greylisting for this domain | Greylisting delays the first message from a new sender. Skip it when mail must arrive at once. |
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| Save · Cancel | Apply or drop. |
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Webmail branding
What users see when they install webmail as an app.
| Box / button | What it does |
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| App name · Short name | The installed app's names. |
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| Theme colour · Background | Colour pickers. |
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| Icon | your own or the platform default. Upload a new one (PNG, SVG, JPEG). Remove it. |
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| Save | Applies. |
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Flow, deliverability, sizes
| Box / button | What it does |
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| Mail flow | Delivered, Bounced, Deferred, Refused, Spam, over recent days. |
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| Deliverability | Whether other servers will accept your mail. One check per line, with the fix. Grade: good, improvable, action needed. |
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| Mailbox sizes | Used and allocated per mailbox, against your allowance. |
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| Spam filtering | Scanned, sent to Junk, refused outright, briefly delayed. Top rules. |
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| Mail that keeps going to Junk | Signals that mark senders down for how mail was sent. Tick to stop one counting. recommended shown. |
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Mail security
| Box / button | What it does |
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| DKIM signing | Signs outgoing mail. The DNS record to publish, copy, published or not. Rotate replaces the key. |
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| MTA-STS | Senders must encrypt. testing, enforce or off. Start in testing. |
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| Send failure reports to | Default postmaster@ your domain. |
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| Senders cache the policy for (seconds) | Default 604800. |
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| DANE / TLSA | Publishes this server's certificate in DNS. Needs DNSSEC on the zone. on / off. |
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Send a copy of every message
| Box / button | What it does |
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| Send copies to | One address, e.g. archive@example.com. Checked before saving. |
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| Which mail | received and sent, received only, sent only. |
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| Save | Asks to confirm. Copies are blind: nobody is told. Check you are allowed to. |
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| Turn off | Stops copying. |
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Outgoing mail
Mail your own mailboxes send is scanned too, against higher thresholds. Catches a hijacked account early.