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Name picker for your professional email address (tool)

Choose a professional email address with a handy tool: firstname@, firstname.lastname@, info@ or a role address, with the pros and cons laid out.

Deliverability

My email isn't arriving: checklist

Email not arriving? Work through this checklist: from DNS and authentication to IP reputation, and find out where your message goes missing along the way.

Glossary

MX record: meaning and explanation

MX record meaning: the DNS setting that routes incoming email to your mail server. Read how it works and how to set it up yourself.

Setup & how-to

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.

Setup & how-to

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.

Privacy & GDPR

May I send personal data by email? (GDPR)

May I send personal data by email under the GDPR? A practical answer: when it's allowed, how to do it safely and what to watch out for.

Industries

May I send medical/patient data by email?

Emailing medical data and the GDPR: may you send patient data by email? What the rules require about security, consent and the right recipient.

Industries

Managing many mailboxes for a school or organisation

Managing many mailboxes for a school or organisation: create, change and delete addresses in one go from one central overview.

Privacy & GDPR

Is my email scanned? Scanning and advertising explained

Is my email scanned? Discover the difference between scanning for advertising and filtering that protects you, plus how to stay in control of your messages.

Deliverability

IP reputation: why cheap hosting blocks your mail

IP reputation email explained: why cheap, shared hosting pushes your mail into spam or blocks it, and how managed sending servers solve it.

Email academy

Intro price vs. renewal price: don't count yourself rich

A low intro price can rise sharply on renewal. Here's how to spot the difference between intro price and renewal price in hosting, and not count yourself rich.