A polished address
info@company.com looks more solid than company@gmail.com: in every message your customer sees your company’s name, not someone else’s mail service.
Mailboxes like info@company.com instead of company@gmail.com, your mail on your own server, and no ties to Google, Microsoft or their pricing. The BeAdmin module sets up a mail server on Exim and Dovecot, and the panel handles mailboxes, aliases and DNS checks.
Three reasons to keep your mail on your own domain and your own server.
info@company.com looks more solid than company@gmail.com: in every message your customer sees your company’s name, not someone else’s mail service.
Mailboxes and messages are stored on your server, not in a mail service’s cloud.
Your mailboxes don’t depend on the pricing and rules of Google and Microsoft. The module is free: you pay for your own server, not for every mailbox.
Mailboxes, aliases, domains and DNS checks — in the Mail section of the panel.
Create info@, support@ and any other addresses — on one domain or on dozens. A domain connects to mail on its own when you create its first mailbox or alias.
An alias forwards mail to several addresses, including external ones, and role aliases like support@ and sales@ are created in a batch. A catch-all collects mail sent to non-existent addresses of the domain.
Let a mailbox send from an alias address: reply to customers as support@ rather than from a personal address.
5 GB by default, and you can remove the limit altogether. The panel shows how much space is used.
SMTP, IMAP and POP3 on Exim and Dovecot: connect mailboxes to Thunderbird, Apple Mail or whatever you’re used to. The panel shows the server address and ports, ready to copy.
Roundcube installs in one step from the Mail section: read and send mail in the browser. The panel installs a suitable PHP version with a button.
Mail is stored on your server, and mail clients connect to it over SSL/TLS.
You decide the country of the server, the hosting provider and who has access to the server.
Clients connect to IMAP, SMTP and POP3 over SSL/TLS. The panel issues a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate for the mail server address — all it takes is an A record pointing to your server.
The server accepts the password for sending mail only over an encrypted connection. The panel shows a new mailbox’s password once.
The panel shows when a mailbox was last logged in to over IMAP and POP3, Roundcube included. SMTP logins for sending mail are not counted.
Mail on your own server also means DNS records for your domain. The panel tells you which records you need and checks them.
The panel creates the DKIM key for a domain itself when the domain connects to mail.
The “Mail DNS” dialog collects the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for your domain: all that’s left is to copy them.
The panel compares them with what is in DNS now and shows which are configured, which don’t match and which are missing. Added a record? Click “Check DNS”.
The panel doesn’t publish them: you add the records at your own DNS provider, and the domain stays under your control.
These records help your mail reach the inbox but don’t guarantee it: a lot also depends on the reputation of the server’s IP address and on the PTR record, which your hosting provider sets.
From installing the module to your first message.
Install BeAdmin on your server, open “Mail” and click “Install”. Enter the primary domain and the mail server address, for example mail.company.com.
Pick a domain and an address name. The domain connects to mail on its own, and the server generates the password and shows it once.
In the “Mail DNS” dialog, copy the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records, add them at your DNS provider and click “Check DNS”.
Add the mailbox to a mail client over IMAP and SMTP, or install Roundcube and read your mail in the browser.
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The module is free and needs no licence. You pay only for the server your mail runs on, not for each mailbox.
Addresses on your domain look more solid, your mail sits on your server, and no outside service dictates the terms. In return, you are responsible for the server and your domain’s DNS records — the panel helps with that.
Mailboxes and aliases are created in the panel, and a domain connects to mail on its own. What’s left by hand is the DNS records: the panel shows which ones you need and checks them, but you add them at your DNS provider. Details are in the article “DNS for mail”.
Nobody can guarantee inbox placement: it depends on the reputation of your server’s IP address and on the PTR record, which your hosting provider sets. The panel creates the DKIM key and checks MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC — the records recipients use to judge a sender. That covers the part that’s up to you.
Mail clients connect to the server over SSL/TLS or STARTTLS, and the server accepts the password for sending mail only over an encrypted connection. Between servers, TLS is used when the recipient’s server supports it. The module doesn’t add end-to-end encryption (PGP, S/MIME).
Any client that supports IMAP or POP3 and SMTP: Thunderbird, Apple Mail and others. The panel shows the server address and ports. To read mail in the browser, use Roundcube.
Yes. One server suits a single domain just as well as mail for dozens of clients: each domain connects to mail separately, and mailboxes and aliases are created on the domains you need.
Your own domain and a server with BeAdmin. The mail server address, for example mail.company.com, needs an A record pointing to the server’s IP: the panel will issue an SSL certificate for it. Also check that your hosting provider hasn’t blocked outgoing port 25 and lets you set a PTR record.
No. The module receives and sends mail, but spam and virus scanning of messages is not part of it.
Install BeAdmin, add the mail module and create your first mailbox. The module is free, no licence needed.