How to get email at your own domain

What you need

• A domain you control (register one, or use one you already own).
• A business email plan with one mailbox per person.
• Access to the domain's DNS settings, so the email provider's records can be added.

What changes at your domain

Mail finds you through the domain's MX records. Pointing them at your email provider is what makes mail for you@yourbusiness.in arrive in your new mailbox. If the domain already receives mail somewhere else, move the old mail first, because the switch redirects new mail.

Add the three records that keep your mail out of spam

Along with MX, add SPF and DKIM, and publish a DMARC policy. They tell receiving servers that mail from your domain is really yours. Our guide on SPF, DKIM and DMARC explains each in plain words.

Check it works

• Send a message from the new address to a Gmail address and open it with "Show original": SPF, DKIM and DMARC should all say PASS.
• Send one back to the new address.
• Run the free email checker on the domain to see every record at once.

Phones and apps

Add the mailbox to your phone's mail app with the details your provider gives you, or use the provider's webmail in a browser.