You are entitled to using GandiMail if you have a domain registered with Gandi.

The Gandi offer includes a free e-mail account for every domain you manage through Gandi.

You can use GandiMail with Gandi's DNS (Domain Name Servers), from the moment you can edit your DNS zone file and your MX records specifically.

This is how to subscribe to GandiMail, depending on different figure cases:

• If you use Gandi's DNSes (a, b and c.dns.gandi.net):

In your domains interface, click the relevant domain and then click Manage in the E-mail section. Follow the indications in order to create an account. MX and CNAME records will then be automatically added to your DNS zone file, so you don't have to worry about that.

You can then move on step 2 straight away in order to manage your options, but you need to wait an hour before trying it out (because of the time it takes for your new zones to propagate on the Internet).

• If you use Gandi's old DNSes (full1 and full2.gandi.net):

The system will automatically transfer you to Gandi's new DNSes (a,b, and c.dns.gandi.net), adding the relevant entries for e-mail. The procedure is exactly the same as the one described above, but the propagation time is longer: count at least 4 hours, and up to 48 hours for a .FR. Nevertheless, you can move on to step 2 to manage your options, but you'll need to wait for the zones to have propagated before you can actually check out the result.

• If you don't use Gandi's DNSes:

You'll need to ask your primary DNS provider to change the zone for this primary server. That is to say, edit the MX record according to your zone:

@ 10800 IN MX 10 spool.mail.gandi.net. 
@ 10800 IN MX 50 fb.mail.gandi.net.

You can then check your mails via mail.gandi.net, and configure your e-mail client with help from our tutorials.

If you wish to use your usual e-mail client with the appropriate values for your domain (which isn't necessary, or useful, in 90% of cases), you'll need to add the following records at your web host:

pop 10800 IN CNAME access.mail.gandi.net.
imap 10800 IN CNAME access.mail.gandi.net.
smtp 10800 IN CNAME relay.mail.gandi.net.
webmail 10800 IN CNAME agent.mail.gandi.net.

Useful info: if you have a "webmail" record in your DNS zone file, you'll be able to access your personal webmail at webmail.your-domain-name.tld

Now that the DNS are correctly configured, please go to the management page of the concerned domain name and click on "Manage", in the "Mail" column of the "Technical settings" section.

You'll reach an interface headed by the domain name on which you're about to create an e-mail account.

Once you have created an account, this interface will indicate your disk space level.

Click Create to create an e-mail account.

Choose Mailbox as the selected type. You'll then need to choose a name for the mail account.

In this case, the main e-mail for tutorielgandi.net will therefore be john@tutorielgandi.net.

Choose your password carefully (it is preferable to have a different one than for your Gandi handle) and then confirm it. This password will be used to fetch and/or send mail with this e-mail account.

The back-up e-mail isn't compulsory but we advise you to fill this field. This e-mail will be used if you reach the space limit for your Gandi e-mail, thus avoiding that you use any mail.

Aliases are like mail accounts which mirror the main e-mail.

For instance, suppose john wants to be able to be reached at john.smith@tutorielgandi.net by some people, and webmaster@tutorielgandi.net to others. He will therefore add two aliases:

john.smith
webmaster

which will both redirect e-mails to the main e-mail, which is john@tutorielgandi.net.

Anti-spam and anti-virus options are active by default, and we obviously strongly advise that you leave them that way. :)

Finally, you can click Create.