Guides tagged “email”
Step-by-step MdmHost guides about email, sorted A-Z.
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Set up cPanel email in Outlook for Windows (new Outlook and classic)
Add a cPanel mailbox to new Outlook and classic Outlook on Windows with IMAP, using exact server names and ports, and fix password prompts and sending errors.
Set up cPanel email on Android with the Gmail app
Add your MdmHost cPanel mailbox to the Gmail app on Android (or Samsung Email) with IMAP 993 and SMTP 465 settings, and fix sync and authentication errors.
Set up cPanel email on iPhone and iPad (iOS Mail)
Add your MdmHost cPanel mailbox to the iPhone or iPad Mail app with the automatic profile or manual IMAP settings, and fix password and sending errors.
Set up DKIM, SPF and DMARC in DirectAdmin
Enable DKIM signing for a domain in DirectAdmin, review the SPF record, add a DMARC policy, copy records to external DNS and verify that mail passes authentication.
Set up email forwarders and the default address in cPanel
Forward one address or a whole domain in cPanel, set the default (catch-all) address, pipe mail to a script and avoid SPF failures when forwarding to Gmail or Outlook.
Set up email forwarding, aliases and auto-replies in Plesk
Forward mail to another address, add email aliases, create a catch-all and set out-of-office auto-replies for mailboxes in Plesk Obsidian.
Set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC in cPanel Email Deliverability
Use cPanel Email Deliverability to repair SPF and DKIM records, add a DMARC policy in the Zone Editor, check reverse DNS and clear every problem shown for a domain.
Set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC in Plesk for better email delivery
Enable DKIM signing, publish SPF and DMARC records and check them in Plesk so mail from your domain reaches the inbox at Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo.
Shared team inboxes on cPanel: info@ and sales@ for several people
Three ways to let a team handle info@ or sales@ on cPanel email: forwarders to each person, one shared IMAP mailbox, or a helpdesk, with the pros, cons and setup of each.
Sync calendars and contacts with cPanel (CalDAV and CardDAV)
Use the calendar and contacts server included with cPanel email: find the CalDAV and CardDAV URLs, connect iPhone, Android, Thunderbird and macOS, and share calendars.
Update your profile and contact details
Keep your name, email, company and address current in the MdmHost Dashboard so invoices are correct and billing and support emails reach you.
Use BoxTrapper in cPanel to stop spam with sender verification
Enable BoxTrapper for a mailbox, build whitelists and blacklists, review the queue, and decide when challenge-response filtering helps or hurts your email.
Use Track Delivery in cPanel to find missing or bounced emails
Search cPanel Track Delivery to see whether an email was accepted, delivered, deferred, rejected as spam or bounced, and read the delivery report to fix the cause.
Use WHM Mail Delivery Reports to trace email for all your accounts
Find out why messages bounced or were rejected across all your customers' accounts with WHM Mail Delivery Reports: filters, reading results and fixing common failures.
Virtualmin: manage email, DNS and SSL for virtual servers
Day-to-day Virtualmin work on a Linux VPS: create mail users, edit DNS records in the zone, and request a Let's Encrypt certificate for each virtual server.
Webmail on cPanel servers: enable Roundcube and set limits in WHM (root)
Configure webmail for all cPanel accounts as root: enable Roundcube, set the default webmail app, attachment and upload limits, Dovecot settings and proxy subdomains.
What is reverse DNS (rDNS) and why it matters
Reverse DNS maps an IP address back to a hostname using a PTR record. Learn how it differs from normal DNS, why mail servers check it, and how to look it up from your own computer.
When an employee leaves: forward, archive and delete their cPanel mailbox
A safe offboarding routine for a departing employee's cPanel email: block logins, keep receiving mail via a forwarder, archive old mail and delete the mailbox later.
Which firewall ports a cPanel/WHM hosting server needs
A complete list of the ports cPanel, WHM, webmail, email, FTP, SSH and DNS use, which ones to open in your firewall, and which you can safely close.
Why your emails go to spam (and how to fix it on cPanel hosting)
A checklist to stop emails from your cPanel domain landing in Gmail or Outlook spam: authentication, From addresses, content, blocklists, PHP mail and warm-up.
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