Each Namecheap
Private Email subscription should be activated before it becomes usable.
Subscriptions purchased for
domains registered with Namecheap are being activated automatically in several minutes after purchase.
But we need to verify ownership of domain names registered with other registrars to prevent cases of unauthorized usage of email addresses under third-party domain names.
For that purpose, our system checks MX records set for domains assigned to new Namecheap Private Email subscriptions.
All incoming mail appears to be routed to our mail servers after our MX records are set, and this serves as a proof having administrative access to the domain name in question, and intents to use our email service.
Once proper records are detected certain subscription is activated.
These are the records that should be set:
Hostname
|
Record Type
|
Priority
|
Value
|
@
|
MX
|
10
|
mx1.privateemail.com
|
@
|
MX
|
10
|
mx2.privateemail.com
|
@
|
TXT
|
|
v=spf1 include:spf.privateemail.com ~all
|
NOTE: @ stands for yourdomain.com; some DNS/hosting providers require your domain to be entered into the hostname.
Our system will be checking the presence of the record every 15 minutes, and the Namecheap Private Email subscription will be activated once the record is detected.
However, the verification may take up to 4 hours due to the propagation.
Once the service is activated, it is obligatory to add the DKIM record, which is a mandatory entry to ensure outgoing mail works correctly:
Hostname
| Record Type
| Value
|
|---|
default._domainkey
| TXT
| should be generated and copied using this guide
|
NOTE: the DKIM record can be generated only after a mailbox has been created.
This is the list of the essential records that are obligatory to be set, but here you can find other DNS records, that we recommend for making access to the webmail interface and email clients easier.
What these records are needed for?
MX record (mail exchange record), is an entry in the Domain Name System that identifies the mail server that is responsible for handling e-mails for that domain name. MX record is used to direct emails to a specific email server - thus, it is necessary for receiving emails to domain-based email addresses.
TXT record (text record) is a type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS) used to provide the ability to associate some arbitrary and unformatted text with a host or other name, such as human-readable information about a server, network, data center, and other accounting information. SPF and DKIM records are set up as TXT ones, and provide other mail servers a way to verify if the email was sent from authorized my domain's owner mail server (SPF), and whether it wasn't changed from the moment the message had left the initial mail server (DKIM). These records do not affect receiving emails to the domain they are set up for.