Create custom emails with your Netlify domain and Zoho
Tags: netlify, zoho, email, service
Published: 2021-03-26 22:20:33

In this post I want to show you how I setted up an email account with my own domain using Netlify as my domain provider and Zoho as my email service.

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## What is Netlify

For those of you who don't know [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/) yet, although if you've come to this post you probably already know about it, Netlify offers **hosting** and **serverless backend services** for web applications and **static websites**.

Also, when you host your static site with them they offer you the possibility to **buy your own domain** there.

And when you have your domain on Netlify you wonder if you will be able to **create your own email**. Of course you can, the **DNS system** of your domain is still available to you **on Netlify**.

![DNS Settings at Netlify](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/4sxnha36wxwgu1emf6jj.jpeg)

There are many [services that allow you to have messaging](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-best-free-email-providers-2021-guide-to-online-email-account-services/) with your own domain. But, in this case, we're going to look at a free service called [Zoho](https://www.zoho.com/mail/), in a few minutes it allows us to have our custom email active 🎉

## Create your own email

Go to [Zoho](https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html) and follow the steps below:

- **Sign Up** for a plan (could be a Forever free plan)

  ![Forever free plan Zoho](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/lk0h9rhau2112xnncg5m.jpeg)

- **Add your domain** at [https://mail.zoho.eu/orgsignup.do](https://mail.zoho.eu/orgsignup.do), **choose** your main **email name** and fill the data required.
- **Verify** your domain: select *Others* in hosting providers and then copy the TXT register.

Now, on **Netlify**:

- Go to the **Domain settings**
- Click on your domain Options and select **Go to DNS Panel**

  ![Go to DNS Panel at Netlify](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/rd9c7jkjcvzhxzykck0q.jpeg)

- Add the TXT register that Zoho provides you

Then go back to Zoho, click **verify** and voilà your new email is setted up!!

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Just a few steps left to start receiving emails:

- Add **3 MX register** in your DNS Netlify's panel with the values that Zoho provides you.

    Name: yourdomain.io

    Type: MX

    Priority: 10 (the same with 20 and 30)

    Value: mx.zoho.eu

- **Register security DNS** as per lastest steps in the Zoho sign up process.
- Download Zoho Mail App or **log in** in the browser: [https://accounts.zoho.eu/](https://accounts.zoho.eu/)

### What is next?

Now in Zoho you can create more user emails or email groups, i.e support.yourdomain.io or marketing.yourdomain.io.

In addition, by default it comes with a nice separation of folders, separating the notification & newsletter emails from the important ones, among others.

You have a lot of possibilities there and, obviously, you can increase your plan to have so many other features ready for you 😍 

Just explore Zoho and let me know what cool things you found that I can also use in mine 💜