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, as well as a paying option (Pack Mail) which offers more storage space, email addresses, and an autoreply option.

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

Check the configuration of the zone file with the dig command:

You can check the configuration of your zone file with the command dig in a simple, this command offers several options, we focus here exclusively on the 'x'.

In a command prompt or in a terminal, type the following :

$ dig mx tutorielgandi.net

; <<>> DiG 9.7.1-P2 <<>> mx tutorielgandi.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 57316
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;tutorielgandi.net.		IN	MX

;; ANSWER SECTION:
tutorielgandi.net.	10800	IN	MX  50 fb.mail.gandi.net.
tutorielgandi.net.	10800	IN	MX  10 spool.mail.gandi.net.

This command lets you quickly check the configuration of the MX servers.

The section of interest is the one found under 'ANSWER SECTION', which states, in order: the subdomain, the TTL, type (in this case MX), priority and value.

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.

The forwarding address make it possible to redirect mail to an address located on your domain, to an external address. It is not possible to configure a mail client on a forwarding adress, the mails to be retrieved from the external mail account.

Before creating the redirect mail, you must make sure you use the MX servers of Gandi, a condition required so that mail can be routed through servers Gandi. To verify this, I invite you to follow the procedure of Setting up your DNS zone file.

Once configured the zone file, simply go to the page to manage your mailboxes :

You can choose between two types of accounts, a mailbox where the current mail will be delivered on servers Gandi and accessible from a mail client and webmail, or a forwarding that will transfer the mails to an external email address.

So select the type 'Forwarding', then specify the account name and the address which forward the mail to be transferred.