Setting Up Email for Your Domain

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A professional email address that matches your domain — like you@yourbusiness.co.uk — builds instant trust with customers. Setting one up involves connecting an email service to your domain.

FastSites focuses on building and hosting your website, so email is usually provided by a dedicated email service such as your domain registrar’s mailbox product or a provider like Google Workspace or Microsoft 365. You choose the provider that suits you, then connect it to your domain using DNS records.

The key records for email are MX records, which tell the internet where to deliver messages for your domain. Your email provider will give you the exact MX values to enter. You add these wherever your domain’s DNS is managed.

Many providers also ask you to add SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records. These help prove your messages are genuine and keep them out of spam folders — they’re well worth setting up.

After adding the records, allow time for DNS to update before testing. If your email still isn’t working after a day, open a ticket with your domain and email provider details.

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