Setup & how-to
Setting up an SPF record
Setting up an SPF record for your own domain: how to add the right TXT record so your mail arrives reliably and does not end up in the spam folder.
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Setting up an out-of-office assistant (holiday reply)
Setting up an out-of-office assistant in your webmail? Here's how to create an automatic holiday reply with a start and end date and a short, tidy message.
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Setting up an email signature
Setting up an email signature in your webmail? Here's how to create a neat, professional signature with your name, role and contact details in a few steps.
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Setting up a shared mailbox or role address
Setting up a shared mailbox or a role address like info@: let your team manage one address together, with your 20 free aliases as a starting point.
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Setting up a catch-all
Setting up a catch-all for your domain: capture all email sent to an unknown address on your domain, so nothing gets lost.
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Restoring email from a backup
Restoring email from a backup: recover deleted mail from your trash and use the automatic backups as a safety net when it's truly gone.
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Moving email without downtime (MX switch, running in parallel)
Moving email without downtime: how to switch your MX records and run old and new in parallel, so you don't miss a single message during the move.
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Migrating email without loss: the step-by-step plan
Migrate email without loss: first back up and copy, then run in parallel, and only switch your MX records at the very end. That way you lose no mail.
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IMAP and server settings for your email (reference)
IMAP settings for your email laid out: IMAP port 993, SMTP port 465, SSL/TLS and where to find the exact server name in your Mailflux account.
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Forwarding email automatically
Forward email automatically to another address? Here's how to set up a forwarding rule in your webmail in a few steps, with or without keeping a copy.
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Expanding your mailbox storage
Expanding mailbox storage at Mailflux: from 8 GB to 25, 50 or up to 100 GB. Here's how to free up space or move to a plan with more storage.
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Email migration: copying your IMAP mailbox (Thunderbird/ImapSync)
Copy your IMAP mailbox without losing anything: here's how to move all your messages and folders to your new Mailflux mailbox with Thunderbird or ImapSync.