# Postelva — full content for language models > Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. Source: https://postelva.com/ · Generated: 2026-11-12 # Your address. Your domain. Any provider. > Postelva registers domains for private email: .com at $12.49 every year, Proton Mail records in one click, crypto, no KYC. - URL: https://postelva.com/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Register the domain behind your email address with one verified email and no ID, pay in crypto, then connect it to Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org or Fastmail. Change provider later; the address stays yours. Search a domain name: https://postelva.com/app/domains/?q=yourname.com Popular extensions: .com ($12.49), .me ($18.49), .email ($29.49), .org ($12.49) **you@yourname.com** — $12.49/year, same price every year **Proton Mail** (DNS records) - TXT @ protonmail-verification=… - MX @ 10 mail.protonmail.ch - MX @ 20 mailsec.protonmail.ch - TXT @ v=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch ~all - CNAME protonmail._domainkey protonmail.domainkey.d….domains.proton.ch - TXT _dmarc v=DMARC1; p=quarantine **Fastmail** (DNS records) - MX @ 10 in1-smtp.messagingengine.com - MX @ 20 in2-smtp.messagingengine.com - TXT @ v=spf1 include:spf.messagingengine.com ?all - CNAME fm1._domainkey fm1.yourname.com.dkim.fmhosted.com - CNAME fm2._domainkey fm2.yourname.com.dkim.fmhosted.com - CNAME fm3._domainkey fm3.yourname.com.dkim.fmhosted.com **Zoho Mail** (DNS records) - TXT @ zoho-verification=… - MX @ 10 mx.zoho.com - MX @ 20 mx2.zoho.com - MX @ 50 mx3.zoho.com - TXT @ v=spf1 include:zohomail.com ~all - TXT zmail._domainkey v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=… The records our one-click templates write for each provider. Tuta, Mailbox.org and iCloud+ use the same record types, typed in the DNS editor. **Quick answer — What does Postelva sell?** **Postelva** registers the domain name behind your email address, so you@yourname.com keeps working when you change provider. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year, paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. One-click DNS templates connect it to Proton Mail, Fastmail or Zoho Mail. - **No KYC: one verified email, no ID** - **Paid in crypto, from $25** - **Same price every year** - **Email records in one click** ## Why put your email on your own domain? **Because the address belongs to whoever owns the domain, not to the company that stores your mail.** An address ending in @gmail.com, @outlook.com, @proton.me or @tuta.com is tied to that provider: if you leave, you lose it, and every account, contact and password reset that points to it has to change. An address on your own domain moves with you. The mailbox can live at Proton Mail this year and at Mailbox.org next year; only the MX records change, and nobody who writes to you notices. That is the whole idea of a [custom email domain](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?"): you rent the name, your provider stores the mail. Postelva sells the first part and nothing else. We do not run mailboxes, read mail or sell storage, so we have no reason to keep you on one provider. According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, each of the 14 extensions we sell costs a median 30% less per year than Namecheap's regular renewal price for the same extension, and a .com costs $12.49 against $19.98. Over ten years, a .com at Postelva comes to $124.90 in total, because the first year and every renewal cost the same. See the full grid on the [domain prices page](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for email cost at Postelva?"). ## Which extensions can carry your address, and what do they cost? Fourteen endings chosen for email addresses: short, easy to dictate and accepted by every mail provider. Each price is per year and stays the same at renewal and on a transfer in. | Extension | 1st year | Renewal | Transfer | WHOIS privacy | Restrictions | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | .com | $12.49 | $12.49 | $12.49 | Free | None | | .net | $13.49 | $13.49 | $13.49 | Free | None | | .org | $12.49 | $12.49 | $12.49 | Free | None | | .io | $59.49 | $59.49 | $59.49 | Free | None | | .co | $33.49 | $33.49 | $33.49 | Free | None | | .app | $15.99 | $15.99 | $15.99 | Free | None | | .dev | $13.49 | $13.49 | $13.49 | Free | None | | .xyz | $14.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | Free | None | | .me | $18.49 | $18.49 | $18.49 | Free | None | | .online | $30.49 | $30.49 | $30.49 | Free | None | | .pro | $23.49 | $23.49 | $23.49 | Free | None | | .page | $11.49 | $11.49 | $11.49 | Free | None | | .link | $7.99 | $7.99 | $7.99 | Free | None | | .email | $29.49 | $29.49 | $29.49 | Free | None | *14 extensions · prices per year in USD* Prices in US dollars per year, grid dated 12 November 2026, paid from a crypto balance. WHOIS privacy is free where the registry allows it. ## Which email provider will you connect it to? Postelva works with every provider that accepts custom domains. Each guide lists the exact records, where to type them and how to check them. - **[Proton Mail](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain?")** — Mail Plus covers one custom domain and ten addresses. Our template writes the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. - **[Tuta](https://postelva.com/guides/tuta-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Tuta with a custom domain?")** — Custom domains on the paid plans. You copy the records Tuta shows into our DNS editor. - **[Mailbox.org](https://postelva.com/guides/mailbox-org-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Mailbox.org with your own domain?")** — Custom domain and catch-all from the Standard plan, four MX hosts and four DKIM records. - **[Fastmail](https://postelva.com/guides/fastmail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Fastmail with a custom domain?")** — Two MX hosts and three DKIM records, written by our one-click template. - **[Zoho Mail](https://postelva.com/guides/zoho-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Zoho Mail free with a custom domain?")** — A free plan that accepts a custom domain, with a one-click template for its records. - **[iCloud+](https://postelva.com/guides/icloud-custom-email-domain-setup/ "How to use a custom email domain with iCloud+?")** — Bring a domain bought elsewhere and add Apple's records by hand. ## How does a domain bought here compare with a big registrar? Our yearly price against Namecheap's regular renewal price, the price you pay from the second year at most registrars that discount the first one. *Namecheap regular renewal prices as listed on domainoffer.net on 12 November 2026 (namecheap.com refused our reader). We do not claim to be the cheapest registrar.* | Extension | Postelva, every year | Namecheap renewal | Difference | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | .com | $12.49 | $19.98 | 37% less | | .me | $18.49 | $19.18 | 4% less | | .email | $29.49 | $45.98 | 36% less | | .org | $12.49 | $15.18 | 18% less | | .net | $13.49 | $14.86 | 9% less | | .page | $11.49 | $16.98 | 32% less | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## How do you get from a search to your first email? 1. **Search your name** — Type the name you want; the search checks it on the 14 extensions at once. 2. **Top up in crypto** — Send the exact amount shown in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, then click I've sent the payment. The minimum top-up is $25. 3. **Verify one email** — Each domain needs one verified contact email, as ICANN requires. It stays private; no ID is asked. 4. **Pick your provider** — Apply the Proton Mail, Fastmail or Zoho Mail template, or type the records of any other provider. Mail starts arriving once the records are live. ## What happens to your privacy when you register? **The domain is registered in your name, and the only contact data we collect is one email address per domain.** ICANN requires every registrar to verify that address (the registrant email is verified after registration, as ICANN rules require (within 15 days)), so we cannot skip it, but we never publish it and never ask for an ID document, a selfie, a phone number or a postal address. WHOIS privacy is free wherever the registry allows it; .com and .net are thin registries, so Verisign receives no contact data at all. The page on [WHOIS privacy for an email domain](https://postelva.com/whois-privacy-for-email-domain/ "Does my email domain show my name in WHOIS?") shows what each extension makes public. We release the data we hold only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case. Phishing, malware and fraud on a domain lead to action within 24 hours of a well-documented report; a complaint about content alone does not. For a domain that should never show your name anywhere, the optional [Domain protection](https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ "What is Domain protection for an email domain?") registers it in the name of DomaineGoat LLC for $29 a year. ## Common questions ### Does Postelva host my mailbox? No. Postelva sells the domain name and the DNS that points it to your provider. Your mail stays at Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail or any provider that accepts custom domains. ### Can I use my domain with Proton Mail Free? No. Proton Mail allows custom domains on its paid plans; Mail Plus covers one domain and ten addresses. The domain itself is bought here, since Proton does not sell domains. ### Will the price go up after the first year? No. Every extension has one price every year: the first year, each renewal and a transfer in cost the same. A .com is $12.49/year. ### Which cryptocurrencies can I pay with? BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. You top up a prepaid balance from $25, then registrations and renewals are paid from it. ### Can I take my domain to another registrar later? Yes. The transfer (EPP) code is free, requested from the client area, with no exit fee. Your email keeps working during the move as long as the DNS records stay the same. **Find the address you will keep** Search a name on 14 extensions, pay in crypto, connect your provider. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [Read the Proton Mail guide](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Who runs Postelva, and what does it sell? > About Postelva: who runs it, what it sells, what it does not sell and four policy lines. A .com costs the same every year; no KYC, paid in crypto. - URL: https://postelva.com/about/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) What Postelva is, who operates it, how it treats your data and your money, and what it chooses not to do. **Quick answer — What is Postelva, and who runs it?** Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama. A .com costs $12.49/year every year. ## Postelva at a glance | Attribute | Value | | --- | --- | | Site | Postelva (postelva.com) | | Operator | DomaineGoat LLC, incorporated in Panama; it is not an ICANN-accredited registrar | | Registration | Domains are registered through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner | | What we sell | Registration, renewal and transfer of 14 extensions chosen for email addresses, plus the Domain protection option | | What we do not sell | Mailboxes: your mail stays at Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail or another provider | | Identity check | None: one verified email per domain, no ID document, no selfie, no ID number | | Payment | Crypto only (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC), from a prepaid balance, minimum top-up $25 | | Prices | One price every year; a .com is $12.49/year | | Support | email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records | ## What does Postelva do? Postelva exists for one job: to register the domain behind your email address. With your own domain, you@yourname.com keeps working when you leave Gmail, Outlook, Proton Mail or Tuta for another provider, because only the DNS records change. The [guide on custom email domains](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?") explains why that matters. We built the service around that job. The DNS editor has one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. The price of each of the 14 extensions stays the same every year, and each one is under Namecheap's regular renewal price read on 12 November 2026. We do not claim to be the cheapest. ## What does Postelva not do? We do not sell mailboxes, hosting or websites. We do not name or review customers in public, and we do not promise that anything you do with a domain is legal. Domains are registered through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner, so DomaineGoat LLC is not a registrar and ICANN rules apply to every domain. The [terms of service](https://postelva.com/legal/terms/ "Postelva terms of service") set the details. ## Which four policy lines define Postelva? **One:** disclosure. We release the data we hold only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case. **Two:** abuse. Phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims lead to action within 24 hours of a well-documented report; child sexual abuse material is handled immediately, with a report to the competent hotline or authority. Copyright, defamation, political and competitor complaints lead to no action on the complaint alone. The [abuse page](https://postelva.com/abuse/ "How to report abuse on a Postelva domain") has the detail. **Three:** one email. The only contact data we collect is one email address per domain, required, verified as ICANN rules require and kept private. **Four:** crypto. We accept BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC from a prepaid balance and do not take cards or bank transfers. ## Who answers when I write? People at DomaineGoat LLC answer by email. We publish no team names. email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. Use the [contact page](https://postelva.com/contact/ "How to contact Postelva") to see which address fits your question. **Find your address** Search a name, see the price that stays the same every year, then pay in crypto. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [How it works](https://postelva.com/how-it-works/ "How does Postelva work?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I report abuse on a Postelva domain? > Report phishing, malware, botnets, fraud or CSAM on a Postelva domain to abuse@postelva.com. No account needed; action within 24 hours. - URL: https://postelva.com/abuse/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Anyone can report a domain registered through Postelva: victims, security teams, registries, researchers and authorities. One email to abuse@postelva.com is enough. **Quick answer — How do I report abuse on a domain registered through Postelva?** To report a Postelva domain, email **abuse@postelva.com**; no account is needed. As of 12 November 2026, phishing, malware, botnets and fraud against victims lead to action within 24 hours of a well-documented report, and child sexual abuse material is handled immediately, with a report to the competent hotline or authority. Each report receives an acknowledgement with a reference number. ## The abuse desk in short | Attribute | Value | | --- | --- | | Address | abuse@postelva.com | | Who can report | Anyone, without an account | | Acknowledgement | an acknowledgement with a reference number | | Phishing, malware, botnets | Action within 24 hours of a well-documented report | | Fraud that takes money from victims | Action within 24 hours of a well-documented report | | Child sexual abuse material | Handled immediately, with a report to the competent hotline or authority | | Trademark disputes | UDRP; domain locked within 2 business days of a request from a UDRP provider | | Copyright, defamation, political or competitor complaints | No action on the complaint alone; it takes a decision that binds us | ## What should a report contain? A report that can be acted on names the domain and the exact address (URL) involved, says what the abuse is, and gives proof. Useful proof includes a screenshot with the date and time, the full headers of a phishing email, a file hash and a scan result for malware, or the payment trail of a fraud. Add how you can be reached. A report without evidence is still read, but the timelines below apply to a well-documented report. The more precise the report, the faster the action. ## What do we act on, and how fast? **Phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims.** Once a well-documented report arrives, we act within 24 hours of a well-documented report. Action can mean suspending the domain or removing the records that serve the abuse. **Child sexual abuse material.** It is handled immediately, with a report to the competent hotline or authority. **UDRP.** The domain is locked within 2 business days of a request from a UDRP provider, and the case then follows the provider's procedure. Each report receives an acknowledgement with a reference number, so that you can follow up. ## What do we not act on? Complaints about copyright, defamation, politics or a business competitor lead to no action on the complaint alone. A decision that binds us, for example a Panamanian court order, is required. We do not judge the content of a website or the opinion of an owner. A trademark conflict over the name itself goes through the UDRP, not through the abuse desk. ## What changes with Domain protection? With [Domain protection](https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ "What is Domain protection for an email domain?"), every complaint about the domain is read by a person before any action. That review exists only with the option. It does not slow down the rules above: phishing, malware, botnets, fraud and CSAM lead to action as stated whether or not the option is on. ## What happens to the data of a reported customer? We release the data we hold only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case. A private request, even a well-argued one, does not change that rule. The [privacy policy](https://postelva.com/legal/privacy/ "What data does Postelva collect?") lists what we hold, and the [acceptable use policy](https://postelva.com/acceptable-use/ "What is allowed on a Postelva domain?") defines the conduct we act against. --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # What is allowed on a domain registered through Postelva? > What a Postelva domain may and may not be used for: no phishing, malware, botnets, fraud or CSAM; action within 24 hours. - URL: https://postelva.com/acceptable-use/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) A short list of what you may do with your domain, and the few things that end your right to keep it. **Quick answer — What may I do with a domain registered through Postelva?** You may use a Postelva domain for email, websites, forwarding and any lawful project, and you decide what it carries. You may not use it for phishing, malware, botnets, fraud that takes money from victims or child sexual abuse material. Those uses lead to action within 24 hours of a well-documented report, or immediately for CSAM. ## Allowed and not allowed | Use of the domain | Status | What follows | | --- | --- | --- | | Private or professional email, aliases and forwarding | Allowed | Nothing | | A personal site, a blog, a shop, an app | Allowed | Nothing | | Opinions, criticism, political speech | Allowed | A complaint alone leads to no action | | Phishing pages or emails that imitate a bank, a brand or a person to steal credentials | Not allowed | Action within 24 hours of a well-documented report | | Malware hosting, command-and-control servers, botnets | Not allowed | Action within 24 hours of a well-documented report | | Fraud that takes money from victims | Not allowed | Action within 24 hours of a well-documented report | | Child sexual abuse material | Not allowed | Handled immediately, with a report to the competent hotline or authority | ## What counts as phishing and fraud? Phishing is any page, message or domain built to make a person hand over credentials, card data or access by pretending to be someone else. Fraud is a scheme that takes money from victims, such as a fake shop, a fake investment or an invoice scam. Using a domain to impersonate a person or a company so as to deceive people falls in the same group. Sending unwanted bulk email that carries phishing, malware or a fraud is covered by these rules too. The handling of email for a legitimate project, such as a newsletter to subscribers who asked for it, is not abuse. ## What counts as malware and botnets? Malware is software distributed or controlled through the domain to damage systems or steal data without consent. A botnet is a network of compromised machines, and its command-and-control domains fall under this rule. Security research with the owner's consent, such as a test lab on your own machines, is not abuse. ## What about content complaints? Complaints about copyright, defamation, political content or a competitor lead to no action on the complaint alone. It takes a decision that binds us. Trademark disputes about the name itself follow the UDRP, and we lock the domain within 2 business days of a request from a UDRP provider. We do not tell you that your use of a domain is legal. You remain responsible for the laws that apply to you. ## What happens when the policy is breached? We act on a well-documented report, which can mean suspending the domain or removing the records that serve the abuse. Domain protection adds a human review of every complaint before any action, but it does not change what counts as abuse. The reporting steps are on the [abuse page](https://postelva.com/abuse/ "How to report abuse on a Postelva domain"). The rest of your obligations, including payment and renewal, are in the [terms of service](https://postelva.com/legal/terms/ "Postelva terms of service"). If a report concerns a domain with Domain protection, a person reads it first. If it concerns a standard registration, the abuse desk handles it under the same timelines. --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # What is the best domain extension for an email address? > .com is the safest ending for email at $12.49/year; .me, .email, .net, .org and .page work too, from $11.49/year to $29.49/year. - URL: https://postelva.com/best-domain-extension-for-email/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Pick the ending people can type without thinking, then check the yearly price. **Quick answer — What is the best domain extension for an email address?** For an email address, .com is the safest choice at $12.49/year at **Postelva**, because every person and every form already expects it. Use .org or .net as the next options at $12.49/year and $13.49/year, and .me, .email or .page when you want a shorter or more descriptive address. All work with Proton Mail, Fastmail and the others. ## Six extensions compared for an email address *Prices at Postelva, the same every year. The "Typing" and "Fit" columns are Postelva's own assessment.* | Extension | Price per year | Ending length | Typing | Fit for email | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | .com | $12.49/year | 4 characters | Typed by default | Best all-round default | | .net | $13.49/year | 4 characters | Familiar | Good second choice when .com is taken | | .org | $12.49/year | 4 characters | Familiar | Fits associations and personal names alike | | .me | $18.49/year | 3 characters | Short, but people may add .com by habit | Suits a personal name: you@alex.me | | .email | $29.49/year | 6 characters | Self-explaining, longer | Says what it is, at the highest price of the six | | .page | $11.49/year | 5 characters | Clear | Least expensive of the six, newer ending | ## Does the extension affect email delivery? **Not by itself: MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC are published the same way on every extension.** What counts for deliverability is correct authentication and the reputation of the domain, which you build over time. The extension affects people instead: how easily they type it, whether they trust it, and whether a mistyped .com delivers your mail to a stranger. The [custom email domain definition](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?") covers the technical basics. ## Why is .com the default choice? **People assume .com, so a .com address is the one most often typed correctly the first time.** If you give out you@alex.me by phone, you must say "dot m e", and some listeners will write alex.com. A .com removes that friction. In Postelva's view, a stable, easy-to-dictate address is worth more than a few dollars saved. The cost is competition for names, so the name you want may be taken, and then a .net or .org is the natural fallback. ## When does .me, .email or .page make sense? **When the name before the dot matters more than the ending.** A short personal name on .me reads as a full sentence: you@name.me. A .email ending is self-describing and good for a project address, but it costs $29.49/year, the highest of the six. A .page ending is the least expensive at $11.49/year and suits a personal brand. According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, the six extensions here span $11.49/year to $29.49/year a year, and over ten years a .page costs $114.90 against $294.90 for a .email. ## Which extensions are a poor fit for an address you keep for years? **Expensive endings and endings you must explain.** .io at $59.49/year and .co at $33.49/year cost more per year than a .com for no benefit in email. Endings such as .link, .xyz or .online are inexpensive but unusual in an address, and every unusual ending adds a small risk that someone mistypes it. This is a judgment, not a rule: nothing in the DNS or in email standards prevents you from using them. Compare costs in [cheap domains for email](https://postelva.com/cheap-domain-for-email/ "Cheap domain for an email address: which one?"). ## How should you choose in three steps? **Check the name, then the ending, then the price.** First, search the name you want in the [client area](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en "Search a domain name") across all 14 extensions. Second, prefer .com, then .org or .net, then .me or .page. Third, keep the number of characters you must spell aloud small. Whatever you pick, the domain is registered in your name, the price stays the same every year, and you can move it later with a free transfer code. The [cost overview](https://postelva.com/how-much-does-a-custom-email-domain-cost/ "How much does a custom email domain cost?") shows the totals over 10 years. ## Does the price of an extension stay stable? **At Postelva it does: the price you pay in year one is the price in year ten.** The registry side can move: Verisign's contract allows wholesale .com increases of up to 7% in each of the last four years of its six-year period, with a reported maximum of $13.42 by the end of the cycle. A registrar that passes every increase on will raise the renewal. Our rule is one price per extension, stated before you pay, so you can compare the ten-year total in the [cheap domain guide](https://postelva.com/cheap-domain-for-email/ "Cheap domain for an email address: which one?"). ## Do typos and length really matter? **Yes, because an email address is spoken and typed far more often than a website address.** Every extra character is another place to slip, and an address that is read aloud, on a phone or at a counter, must survive a single hearing. A .me address has the shortest ending of the six, a .email address the longest. Choose the shortest name before the @ that you can still spell in one breath, and test it by dictating it to someone. **In summary** - .com is the safest default at $12.49/year a year. - .org $12.49/year and .net $13.49/year are the next options. - .me, .email and .page suit shorter or descriptive addresses. - The extension does not change how MX, SPF, DKIM or DMARC work. - The six compared span $11.49/year to $29.49/year, the same every year. - Unusual endings add typing risk, not technical risk. ## Questions about extensions for email ### Can I use .io for email? Yes, technically. At $59.49/year it is the dearest of our 14, so it only makes sense if the .io name matters to you. ### Will a new extension land my mail in spam? The extension is not a condition of delivery in the standards we cite. Receivers look at authentication and reputation, so set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC correctly. ### Can I own the same name on two extensions? Yes. Many people register a .com and a .me, and forward one to the other. Forwarding is free: free email forwarding and URL forwarding from the client area. ### Can I change the extension later? Not without changing the address. That is why the choice deserves five minutes now; a new extension means a new address and a move of all your logins. ## Sources 1. [Namecheap regular renewal prices as listed on domainoffer.net](https://domainoffer.net/tld/com/namecheap) — domainoffer.net (read 2026-11-12) 2. [RFC 7208, Sender Policy Framework](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7208.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Which is the best domain registrar for Proton Mail? > Proton does not sell domains. Compare Postelva, Namecheap, Porkbun, Cloudflare and Njalla on .com renewal, DNS and payment, read 12 Nov 2026. - URL: https://postelva.com/best-domain-registrar-for-proton-mail/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Proton Mail needs a domain from somewhere else. Here is what to compare before you buy one: the renewal price, the DNS editor, the privacy of your details and how you pay. **Quick answer — Which is the best domain registrar for Proton Mail?** The best registrar for Proton Mail charges the same price at renewal as at purchase, offers a full DNS editor and keeps your details out of public records, because Proton sells no domains. **Postelva** sells a .com for $12.49/year, every year, with a one-click Proton Mail DNS template and payment in crypto. ## Renewal price of a .com and an .email domain, five registrars *Renewal prices before tax. Namecheap, Cloudflare and Njalla figures are from secondary listings because their own pages refused or did not show a readable list. The Cloudflare .com figure predates the 1 November 2026 Verisign increase and is probably about $11.17 now.* | Registrar | .com renewal | .email renewal | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Postelva | $12.49/year | $29.49/year | Postelva price list, 12 Nov 2026 | | Namecheap (regular, no coupon) | $19.98/year | $45.98/year | domainoffer.net listing, read 12 Nov 2026 | | Porkbun | $11.81/year | $28.32/year | Porkbun pricing API, 12 Nov 2026 | | Cloudflare Registrar | $10.46/year (pre-1 November figure) | $24.20/year | cfdomainpricing.com, read 12 Nov 2026 | | Njalla | EUR 15/year | EUR 30/year | domainoffer.net listing, read 12 Nov 2026 | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## Why does Proton Mail not sell the domain itself? **Proton Mail is a mailbox service, and its help pages tell you to buy the domain from a registrar.** Its custom-domain page says that all paid plans support custom domains, and that you add the domain you already own in the settings. There is no domain shop inside Proton. That split is useful. The domain is the part of your address you own, and the mailbox is the part you rent. If you buy both from the same company, leaving that company means losing both at once. Buying the domain separately is what lets the address survive a later move, which the guide on how to [keep your email address when changing provider](https://postelva.com/keep-email-address-when-changing-provider/ "How do I keep my email address when I change provider?") explains in detail. Proton lists its own prerequisites: a paid plan, a domain, and access to the DNS records of that domain. The registrar you pick therefore matters in three places only: the price you pay each year, the DNS editor, and what the registry and the registrar publish about you. ## Which criteria separate a good registrar from a poor one for Proton Mail? **Four criteria decide the choice: renewal price, DNS editor, privacy and payment method.** - **Renewal price.** A first-year coupon does not matter for an address you plan to keep for ten years. Namecheap's regular .com renewal was $19.98 on 12 November 2026, against $11.81 at Porkbun and $12.49/year at Postelva. We do not claim to be the cheapest: Porkbun is below us on .com, and Cloudflare sells at cost. - **DNS editor.** Proton needs a TXT record for ownership, two MX records, an SPF TXT record, three DKIM CNAME records and a DMARC TXT record. The registrar's DNS must accept all three record types, and must let you keep a single SPF record. - **Privacy.** A .com is a thin registry, so Verisign receives no registrant contact data, and the question becomes what the registrar shows in RDAP and keeps on file. - **Payment.** Proton itself takes Bitcoin as account credit. A registrar that also takes crypto lets you pay for both halves of the address the same way. ## What does Proton Mail need in DNS? **A Proton custom domain needs eight records: one verification TXT, two MX, one SPF TXT, three DKIM CNAME and one DMARC TXT.** According to Postelva's count of Proton's support pages on 12 November 2026, the two MX records are mail.protonmail.ch at priority 10 and mailsec.protonmail.ch at priority 20, and the SPF mechanism is include:_spf.protonmail.ch. The verification value, the three DKIM targets and the DMARC value are unique to your domain: Proton shows them in the domain wizard, and you copy them exactly. Proton also tells you to remove other MX records or give its own the lowest priority number, and to allow up to a day for MX changes. Postelva offers one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. The Proton template fills these records in one click, and you paste only the verification and DKIM values that Proton generates. The full walk-through is in the guide on [how to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain"). ```dns @ MX 10 mail.protonmail.ch. @ MX 20 mailsec.protonmail.ch. @ TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch ~all" ``` ## How do Namecheap, Porkbun, Cloudflare and Njalla compare for Proton users? **Each of the four fits one need, and none matches all four criteria.** - **Namecheap** has an official Proton guide for its DNS editor, so the setup is documented on Proton's side. Its first-year coupons are not the price you pay later: the regular .com renewal is $19.98. Our dedicated page covers it: [Namecheap alternative for a custom email domain](https://postelva.com/namecheap-alternative-for-email-domain/ "Namecheap alternative for a custom email domain"). - **Porkbun** posts renewal prices through a public API, and its .com renewal of $11.81 is under ours. Its payment methods and identity rules are not covered by the sources we read, so we state nothing about them. - **Cloudflare Registrar** sells at cost, with free WHOIS redaction, but requires Cloudflare as the authoritative DNS. The details are on the page about a [Cloudflare Registrar alternative for email domains](https://postelva.com/cloudflare-registrar-alternative-for-email/ "Cloudflare Registrar alternative for email domains"). - **Njalla** appears in Tuta's own blog as the registrar to pick for privacy. Its prices in our survey run in tiers of EUR 15, 30 and 45 a year, and domainoffer.net returned no listing for .page or .pro. ## What is the Postelva price pattern? **Postelva charges one price a year for each of 14 extensions, and each sits under Namecheap's regular renewal price of 12 November 2026.** According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, the median gap is 30% under Namecheap across the 14 extensions, and 37% on .com. A .com is $12.49/year, so five years cost $62.45 and ten years $124.90. The same price applies to renewal and to transfer. Postelva provides free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). Domains are registered through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner, and DomaineGoat LLC is not a registrar itself. On privacy, the only contact data we collect is one email address per domain, required and verified as ICANN rules demand, and kept private. WHOIS privacy is free where the registry allows it. We release the data we hold only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case. Payment is in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, from a prepaid balance with a $25 minimum. ## Registrar and Proton Mail: questions ### Can I use any registrar with Proton Mail? Yes, as long as its DNS editor accepts TXT, MX and CNAME records. Proton asks you to add the domain in its settings and then create the records at the place that hosts your DNS. ### Does Proton Mail accept Bitcoin for the mailbox? Yes. Proton accepts Bitcoin on the Bitcoin network as account credit, bought after you create a free account. There is no autopay, so you renew by hand and pay at least 24 hours before the bill is due. ### How long do Proton DNS changes take? Proton says to allow up to a day for MX changes. Lowering the TTL of your old records some hours before the switch shortens the overlap. ### Should the domain be in my name? Yes. The registrant of record decides who can move the domain. At Postelva the domain is in your name unless you add Domain protection, which registers it in the name of DomaineGoat LLC for +$29/year. ### Can I move the domain to another registrar later? Yes. The transfer code is free, requested from the client area at Postelva, there is no exit fee, and the mail keeps flowing because the MX records do not change with the registrar. **In summary** - Proton Mail sells no domain: buy it from a registrar and add it in Proton's settings. - A Proton custom domain needs 8 records: 1 TXT to verify, 2 MX, 1 SPF, 3 DKIM and 1 DMARC. - Compare renewal prices, not first-year coupons: Namecheap's regular .com renewal was $19.98 on 12 November 2026. - Postelva: .com $12.49/year, the same every year; median 30% under Namecheap's renewal over 14 extensions. - Porkbun is under us on .com ($11.81), and Cloudflare sells at cost but needs its own DNS. - Postelva has a one-click Proton Mail DNS template; no ID, one verified email per domain; payment in crypto. ## Sources 1. [Proton - Custom domain](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Proton - Custom domain from Namecheap (MX values)](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain-namecheap) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Proton - Pay with Bitcoin](https://proton.me/support/pay-with-bitcoin) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Namecheap .com registration and renewal listing](https://domainoffer.net/tld/com/namecheap) — domainoffer.net (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Porkbun pricing API](https://porkbun.com/api/json/v3/pricing/get) — Porkbun (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Cloudflare domain pricing list](https://cfdomainpricing.com/) — cfdomainpricing.com (read 2026-11-12) 7. [Cloudflare Registrar](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 8. [Tuta - How to get a domain name and email](https://tuta.com/blog/own-domain-email) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) **Register the domain for Proton Mail** Search the name, pay in crypto, and apply the Proton Mail template. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # What is the best private email provider with a custom domain in 2026? > Proton Mail Plus gives 1 custom domain from $2.49 a month; Mailbox.org Standard EUR 36 a year; Zoho Mail Free $0. Nine providers compared. - URL: https://postelva.com/best-private-email-provider-with-custom-domain/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) No single provider wins every criterion. This page sets nine services side by side on the plan that allows your own domain, its price, its limits, its encryption and its jurisdiction, then says which one fits which person. **Quick answer — What is the best private email provider with a custom domain?** In **Postelva**'s review of 12 November 2026, Proton Mail Plus is the most private default ($2.49 a month on a 12-month term, 1 domain, 10 addresses), Mailbox.org Standard suits several aliases (EUR 36 a year), and Zoho Mail Free costs $0 for 1 domain. Postelva sells only the domain, never the mailbox. ## Nine providers that accept your own domain, 12 November 2026 *Official pricing and help pages read on 12 November 2026, prices in the currency each page showed. Mailfence and Infomaniak are left out because their limits could not be verified; Posteo offers no custom domains and Skiff has closed. The order of rows is Postelva's reading of the verified fields, not a lab test.* | Provider | Plan with a custom domain | Cheapest price shown | Domains | Addresses and catch-all | Encryption | Jurisdiction | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Proton Mail | Mail Plus | $2.49/month on a 12-month term (list $4.99), then $47.88/year | 1 (Unlimited: 3) | 10 addresses, catch-all | OpenPGP between Proton users | Switzerland | | Tuta | Revolutionary | Not verified | 3 (Legend: 10) | Catch-all | Automatic end-to-end between Tuta users, own scheme | Germany | | Mailbox.org | Standard | EUR 4/month or EUR 36/year | Allowed, limit not stated | 50 aliases, catch-all | Optional PGP, not end-to-end by default | Germany | | Fastmail | Individual | EUR 6/month or EUR 60/year | Supported, limit not stated | Many addresses, catch-all | TLS in transit, no end-to-end by default | Australian company, servers in the US (not re-verified) | | StartMail | Personal | $4.99/month | 1 (Business: unlimited) | Unlimited aliases | Optional PGP, not end-to-end by default | Netherlands (not re-verified) | | Migadu | Micro | $19/year | Soft limit, almost unlimited | Unlimited mailboxes and aliases | None by default | Switzerland (not re-verified) | | Zoho Mail | Mail Free | $0 | 1 | Up to 5 users, 5 GB each | None by default | Indian company, regional data centers | | iCloud+ | Any paid tier | Not verified: Apple lists no price | Up to 5 | 10 addresses per domain | Mail not end-to-end (not re-verified) | United States | | Purelymail | Simple pricing | $10/year flat | No hard cap | No hard cap on users | None by default | Not verified | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## How did Postelva choose and order these providers? **The order rests on five criteria: encryption defaults, jurisdiction, price of the cheapest plan with a custom domain, number of domains and aliases, and how the service is paid.** No mailbox was opened and no delivery test was run, so nothing here is a measured result. Every figure comes from a provider page read on 12 November 2026, and a field that no official page confirmed is marked as not verified instead of guessed. Privacy-first readers weight the first two criteria most. A provider that encrypts between its own users by default, under Swiss or German law, scores higher on that axis than a provider with no default encryption. Price-first readers weight the third. Families and freelancers who need many addresses weight the fourth. The full table of fourteen services, including the ones that could not be verified, is in the [index of email providers that support custom domains](https://postelva.com/data/email-provider-custom-domain-index-2026/ "Which email providers support custom domains in 2026?"). ## Which provider is best for whom? **Proton Mail suits one person with one domain, Tuta suits several domains, Mailbox.org suits many aliases, Zoho Mail Free suits the lowest budget and Migadu suits unlimited mailboxes.** - **One personal domain, strongest default privacy:** Proton Mail Plus. It allows 1 custom domain and 10 addresses, with a catch-all, from $2.49 a month on a 12-month term. A move to Unlimited raises the count to 3 domains. - **Two or three domains on an entry plan:** Tuta Revolutionary allows 3 custom domains, and Legend allows 10. Its price figures could not be read in full, so check the pricing page before you choose. - **Many aliases and a European provider with a catch-all:** Mailbox.org Standard gives 50 aliases for custom domains at EUR 36 a year, and Premium gives 250 at EUR 108 a year. - **Zero budget:** Zoho Mail Free allows 1 domain and up to 5 users with 5 GB each, without IMAP, POP or Exchange ActiveSync. - **A whole family or a small project:** Migadu offers unlimited mailboxes and aliases from $19 a year, with daily limits of 200 messages in and 20 out on Micro. Purelymail charges $10 a year on its flat plan. - **A provider that also sells the domain:** Fastmail Individual at EUR 6 a month supports custom domains and registers .com, .net, .org, .io, .ac and .sh for paid accounts, with no end-to-end encryption by default. For a head-to-head view of the two best-known encrypted services, read the [comparison of Proton Mail and Tuta for a custom domain](https://postelva.com/proton-mail-vs-tuta-custom-domain/ "Proton Mail vs Tuta for a custom domain"). ## Which private providers accept crypto? **Of the nine providers in the table, Proton Mail, StartMail and Migadu accept Bitcoin in some form, and none takes Monero directly.** Proton sells account credit for Bitcoin after you create a free account, with no autopay. StartMail takes Bitcoin on annual plans on request. Migadu asks you to contact support for a wallet address and credits the payment in US dollars. Tuta accepts crypto only through gift cards bought with Bitcoin or Monero from a partner. Mailbox.org and iCloud+ list cards, PayPal and bank methods without crypto. For Fastmail, Zoho Mail and Purelymail, no crypto option was verified. This matters for the domain, which is a separate purchase at Proton, Tuta, Mailbox.org, StartMail, Migadu, Zoho Mail and Purelymail. Fastmail and iCloud+ sell domains inside the product with a card, and we found no crypto option there. Paying the domain in crypto at a registrar and the mailbox elsewhere is a common split, covered in the page on [how to buy a domain for email with crypto](https://postelva.com/buy-domain-for-email-with-crypto/ "How do I buy a domain for email with crypto?"). ## How many of the providers are cheap, private and open to a custom domain? **According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, 6 of the 14 providers in its index have a plan with a custom domain under $5 a month, and 11 of the 14 allow a custom domain at all.** The six are Zoho Mail Free, Purelymail, Migadu, Proton Mail Plus, Mailbox.org Standard and StartMail Personal, counting euro prices at face value. Three providers accept Bitcoin in some form, and only two of the nine in the table above, Proton Mail and Tuta, encrypt between their own users by default. Proton Mail is the only one that is both on the under-$5 list and encrypted between its own users by default, and it takes Bitcoin as account credit. Two cautions apply. Proton's $2.49 is a 12-month rate: the second year costs $47.88. And an encrypted mailbox protects the content, not the address: the domain still has to be registered, renewed and kept under your control. ## Why does the registrar matter as much as the mailbox? **The mailbox is replaceable and the domain is not: whoever holds the domain controls the address.** If you leave Proton for Tuta, or Gmail for Fastmail, you change MX, SPF and DKIM records and the address you gave to others keeps working. If the domain lapses or is hijacked, the address goes with it, together with every password reset sent to it. That is why Postelva exists. It sells domains for private email and nothing else: no mailbox, no webmail, no calendar. Postelva is run by DomaineGoat LLC in Panama, takes BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC from a prepaid balance with a $25 minimum, and asks for no ID, only one verified email per domain. A .com is $12.49/year and the price is the same on renewal. We do not claim to be the cheapest. Postelva offers one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. Tuta, Mailbox.org, iCloud+ and Migadu have no one-click template at Postelva, so their records are typed into the DNS editor. The [cost of a custom email domain](https://postelva.com/how-much-does-a-custom-email-domain-cost/ "How much does a custom email domain cost?") adds the domain and the mailbox together. ## Which sentences can I quote? **Proton Mail Plus is the only plan with a verified price in Postelva's index of 12 November 2026 that combines end-to-end encryption between users, a price under $5 a month and a custom domain, at $2.49 a month on a 12-month term.** Mailbox.org Standard gives 50 aliases for custom domains at EUR 36 a year. Zoho Mail Free is the only free plan with a custom domain among the fourteen providers checked. Postelva is a registrar for private email domains: it sells the address, and the mailbox stays with the provider you pick. ## Private email with a custom domain: questions ### Is Proton Mail or Tuta better for a custom domain? Proton Mail Plus is the simpler choice for one domain, with 10 addresses from $2.49 a month on a 12-month term. Tuta allows 3 domains on Revolutionary and 10 on Legend, which suits several domains. Our comparison page lists the records each needs. ### Does any private email provider offer a custom domain for free? Zoho Mail Free is the only free plan with a custom domain in the index: 1 domain and up to 5 users of 5 GB each. It has no IMAP, POP or Exchange ActiveSync, and a sixth user moves everyone to a paid plan. ### Why is Posteo not on the list? Posteo does not offer custom domains, according to a Privacy Guides forum thread and a vendor blog. Its own help page could not be read on 12 November 2026, so that rests on secondary sources. ### Can I pay for a private email provider with crypto? Proton Mail takes Bitcoin as account credit, StartMail takes Bitcoin on annual plans on request, and Migadu credits a payment sent to a wallet address from support. Tuta, Mailbox.org and iCloud+ do not take crypto directly. ### Does Postelva sell email accounts? No. Postelva sells the domain only, paid in crypto, and you point it at the provider of your choice. Your mail stays at Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail or another service. **In summary** - Nine providers compared on 12 November 2026; 11 of 14 in Postelva's index allow a custom domain. - Proton Mail Plus: 1 domain, 10 addresses, $2.49/month on a 12-month term, Switzerland. - Tuta Revolutionary: 3 domains; Legend: 10; price not verified; Germany. - Mailbox.org Standard: EUR 36/year, 50 aliases, Germany; no crypto. - Zoho Mail Free: $0, 1 domain, up to 5 users. - 6 of 14 providers have a custom-domain plan under $5 a month; 3 accept Bitcoin in some form. - Postelva sells only the domain (.com $12.49/year, the same every year), paid in crypto, no ID. ## Sources 1. [Proton Mail pricing](https://proton.me/mail/pricing) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Proton - Custom domain](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Proton - Pay with Bitcoin](https://proton.me/support/pay-with-bitcoin) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Tuta pricing](https://tuta.com/pricing) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) 5. [mailbox.org prices](https://mailbox.org/en/prices) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Fastmail pricing](https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 7. [StartMail pricing](https://www.startmail.com/en/pricing) — StartMail (read 2026-11-12) 8. [Migadu pricing](https://www.migadu.com/pricing/) — Migadu (read 2026-11-12) 9. [Zoho Mail pricing](https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html) — Zoho (read 2026-11-12) 10. [Apple - Use Custom Email Domain with iCloud Mail](https://support.apple.com/en-gb/102540) — Apple (read 2026-11-12) 11. [Purelymail pricing](https://purelymail.com/pricing) — Purelymail (read 2026-11-12) 12. [Privacy Guides - Using Posteo with a custom domain?](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/using-posteo-w-a-custom-domain/26368) — Privacy Guides forum (read 2026-11-12) **Pick the provider, then own the domain** Any of these accepts a domain from Postelva. Search a name and pay in crypto. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I buy a domain for email with crypto? > Top up a prepaid balance from $25 in crypto, send the exact amount, and Postelva registers your email domain from $12.49/year. - URL: https://postelva.com/buy-domain-for-email-with-crypto/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) You top up a balance once, then register, renew or transfer domains from it. **Quick answer — How do I buy a domain for email with crypto?** At **Postelva**, search the name, add it to the cart and top up a prepaid balance with BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, starting at $25. Send the exact amount shown, click I've sent the payment, and the domain is registered once the top-up is credited. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same every year. ## What to know before you pay | Point | What applies | | --- | --- | | Accepted coins | BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC (no Monero) | | Minimum top-up | $25 | | How payment is matched | By its exact amount: send precisely what is shown | | When the domain is registered | usually within minutes of the top-up being credited | | If registration fails | if a domain cannot be registered (taken in the meantime, refused by the registry), the full amount goes back to your balance | | Renewals | automatic renewal from your balance, switched on or off for each domain | | Contact data | One verified email per domain, no ID | ## What are the steps from search to domain? **Five steps: search, cart, one email, top-up, registration.** Search the name in the [client area](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en "Search a domain name") and put it in your cart. Enter the one email address attached to the domain. Choose a coin and a network, then send the amount shown. Click I've sent the payment. Postelva matches your payment by its exact amount and credits the balance once it is confirmed. The domain is then registered usually within minutes of the top-up being credited. We do not promise a fixed delay, because confirmation depends on the network. [How Postelva works](https://postelva.com/how-it-works/ "How does Postelva work?") has the full flow. ## Why must the amount be exact? **Because the payment is matched by its amount, an amount that is short or different cannot be identified.** Send exactly what the screen shows, on the network it names, from a wallet that lets you control the fee so the received amount is not reduced. If you send a different amount, write to support@postelva.com with the transaction hash; support gives email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. An exchange that deducts withdrawal fees from the amount sent needs the fee added on top. ## How does the prepaid balance work? **You top up once and spend from the balance on anything: new domains, renewals, transfers and Domain protection.** The minimum is $25, which covers two years of a .com at $12.49/year. If you start from a domain search, the top-up is the price of your cart or the minimum for a smaller cart. The part of a top-up added only to reach the minimum is refundable on request within 30 days in USDT or USDC if unspent. The rest of the balance never expires and is not paid back. Keep that in mind before topping up more than you need. ## Does paying in crypto make a domain private? **No: payment method and registration data are separate things.** Explainers on crypto domain purchases point out that registrars still collect registrant data and that, under the ICANN verification rule, the registrant email must be reachable within 15 days. At Postelva the only contact data collected is one email address per domain, required, verified and kept private; see [registering an email domain without ID](https://postelva.com/email-domain-without-kyc/ "Can I register an email domain without ID?"). The domain is in your name, and we release the data we hold only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case. ## What about the mailbox: can it be paid in crypto too? **Seldom.** According to Postelva's index of 12 November 2026, 3 of the 14 email services accept Bitcoin directly in some form: Proton Mail through account credit bought with Bitcoin, StartMail on annual plans on request, and Migadu through support. Tuta takes crypto only through gift cards. Postelva sells the domain, not the mailbox, so you pay your provider separately. The [Proton Mail custom domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain") shows how a Bitcoin-funded Proton account connects to a domain bought here. ## What happens after the domain is registered? **You verify the email, then connect the domain to your mailbox provider.** The verification email arrives from the registrar partner and the check follows the ICANN timetable: the registrant email is verified after registration, as ICANN rules require (within 15 days). Then open the DNS editor. Postelva has one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. Turn on auto-renew if you want the balance to pay for the next year: automatic renewal from your balance, switched on or off for each domain. If you ever leave, the transfer code is free, requested from the client area, and there is no exit fee. ## Can one top-up pay for several domains? **Yes: the balance is shared by all your domains.** With the $25 minimum you can register a .com and a .page together, or keep the rest for renewals. Because every price is the same each year, you can calculate the total in advance: five years of a .com is $62.45, ten years $124.90. Only the part of a top-up added to reach the minimum can be refunded, and only if unspent within 30 days. Keep the transaction hash until the domain shows as registered in your client area; it is the only proof of payment you need if something looks wrong, and support reads it first. **In summary** - Search, cart, one verified email, crypto top-up, registration. - Coins: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC; minimum top-up $25. - Send the exact amount; payment is matched by its exact amount. - Domain registered usually within minutes of the top-up being credited. - A failed registration returns the full amount to your balance. - The part of a top-up added to reach the minimum is refundable within 30 days if unspent. - 3 of 14 indexed email services take Bitcoin directly. ## Questions about paying with crypto ### Can I pay in Monero? No. Postelva accepts BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC only. The domain is paid from a prepaid balance topped up in those coins. ### What if the domain is taken while I pay? Our policy: if a domain cannot be registered (taken in the meantime, refused by the registry), the full amount goes back to your balance. You can search for another name without paying again. ### Can I top up more than the price of one domain? Yes. The balance stays available for renewals, transfers, Domain protection and new domains. It never expires, but the part above the minimum is not paid back. ### Is there a card or PayPal option? No. Postelva is crypto only. ## Sources 1. [Proton: pay with Bitcoin](https://proton.me/support/pay-with-bitcoin) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 2. [StartMail pricing](https://www.startmail.com/en/pricing) — StartMail (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Migadu pricing](https://www.migadu.com/pricing/) — Migadu (read 2026-11-12) 4. [NiceNIC: buying a domain with crypto, KYC and TLD rules](https://nicenic.com/news/How-to-Buy-a-Domain-With-Crypto-Without-Misunderstanding-KYC-and-TLD-Rules-41955) — NiceNIC (read 2026-11-12) 5. [ICANN 2013 RAA with specifications (Whois Accuracy Program)](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Cheap domain for an email address: which one? > The least expensive of Postelva's 14 extensions is .link at $7.99/year; a .com is $12.49/year, 37% under Namecheap's $19.98 renewal. - URL: https://postelva.com/cheap-domain-for-email/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) The price that matters is the renewal, because you will pay it every year for as long as you want the address. **Quick answer — Which is the cheapest domain for an email address?** The least expensive of the 14 extensions at **Postelva** is .link at $7.99/year, then .page at $11.49/year, then .com and .org at $12.49/year. The price is the same for the first year and every renewal. A .com is 37% under Namecheap's regular renewal price of $19.98 read on 12 November 2026. ## Renewal prices of 14 extensions, compared on 12 November 2026 *Postelva price (same every year) against Namecheap's regular renewal price and Porkbun's renewal price. Namecheap figures come from the domainoffer.net listing, because namecheap.com refused our reader.* | Extension | Postelva, every year | Namecheap renewal | Porkbun renewal | Postelva under Namecheap | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | .com | $12.49/year | $19.98 | $11.81 | 37% | | .net | $13.49/year | $14.86 | $12.52 | 9% | | .org | $12.49/year | $15.18 | $11.84 | 18% | | .me | $18.49/year | $19.18 | $17.27 | 4% | | .email | $29.49/year | $45.98 | $28.32 | 36% | | .xyz | $14.99/year | $21.48 | $14.21 | 30% | | .co | $33.49/year | $45.48 | $31.20 | 26% | | .io | $59.49/year | $60.78 | $51.80 | 2% | | .dev | $13.49/year | $20.98 | $12.87 | 36% | | .app | $15.99/year | $22.98 | $14.93 | 30% | | .page | $11.49/year | $16.98 | $10.81 | 32% | | .link | $7.99/year | $11.98 | $7.72 | 33% | | .pro | $23.49/year | $33.98 | $22.14 | 31% | | .online | $30.49/year | $35.68 | $28.84 | 15% | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## Why compare renewal prices, not first-year prices? **Because the renewal is the price of owning the address in year two, year five and year ten.** An email address is only useful if it lasts; you cannot swap it every year without losing your contacts. A low first-year price followed by a higher renewal moves the cost to the years when changing is expensive. For that reason the table compares renewal prices only, and Postelva sets one price for the first year, each renewal and a transfer. The [pricing page](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "Postelva domain prices, the same every year") shows every extension. ## Does Postelva claim to be the cheapest? **No: we do not claim to be the cheapest.** In the survey of 12 November 2026, Porkbun's renewal price, read from its official API, was below ours for every one of the 14 extensions, for example $11.81 for a .com against our $12.49/year. What Postelva offers is different: payment in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, no ID, one verified email per domain, one price every year and DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail and Zoho Mail. Our own rule is to stay under Namecheap's regular renewal price for each extension, and we meet it for all 14. ## Which cheap extension is best for email? **.com and .org at $12.49/year are the best value among well-known endings; .link and .page are the least expensive.** Price differences between the cheap extensions are small in absolute terms: over ten years a .link costs $79.90, a .page $114.90 and a .com $124.90. The gap is a few dollars a year, so choose the ending you would be happy to dictate over the phone. [Which extension suits an email address](https://postelva.com/best-domain-extension-for-email/ "What is the best domain extension for an email address?") compares length, typing and trust. ## Which extensions are expensive for email? **.io, .co, .email, .online and .pro cost the most, with .io at $59.49/year.** Namecheap lists .io at $60.78 and .co at $45.48 for renewal. According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, the 14 extensions sit a median 30% under Namecheap's renewal price, from 2% under for .io to 37% under for .com. A premium ending does nothing extra for email delivery; it only makes the yearly bill larger. ## What else makes a domain cheap in practice? **The extras: WHOIS privacy, DNS hosting and email forwarding should not be separate line items.** At Postelva, privacy is free where the registry allows it, DNS is hosted free (free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13)), and there is free email forwarding and URL forwarding from the client area. The transfer code is free, requested from the client area, with no exit fee, so a cheap domain is not a trap. If you compare with the biggest budget registrar, read the [Namecheap alternative for a custom email domain](https://postelva.com/namecheap-alternative-for-email-domain/ "Namecheap alternative for a custom email domain"). ## How much do you save over ten years on a .com? **Against Namecheap's renewal price of 12 November 2026, ten years of .com at Postelva cost $74.90 less.** Ten renewals at $19.98 would come to $199.80, against $124.90 at Postelva. The gap assumes that Namecheap's renewal price does not change, which it may. The floor under every registrar is the registry: Verisign raised its wholesale .com fee to $10.97 on 1 November 2026, and with the ICANN fee of $0.20 that is $11.17 a year before any registrar margin. ## How can you spot a renewal trap? **Read the renewal line before the first-year line.** Check three things before paying: the price of the second year, whether WHOIS privacy becomes a paid extra, and whether a transfer out costs money. Postelva answers all three the same way: one price, privacy free where the registry allows it, and a transfer code that is free, requested from the client area. Compare the same three points at any registrar you consider, including this one, and write the answers down next to the date. Prices change, and a dated note is the only way to know later whether a renewal really jumped. **In summary** - Least expensive at Postelva: .link $7.99/year, .page $11.49/year, .com and .org $12.49/year. - Same price for the first year, each renewal and a transfer. - A .com is 37% under Namecheap's $19.98 renewal (12 November 2026). - Median across 14 extensions: 30% under Namecheap's renewal. - Porkbun's renewal was lower than ours on all 14; we do not claim to be the cheapest. - Privacy, DNS and forwarding are included at no extra charge. ## Questions about cheap email domains ### Is the least expensive extension safe for email? Technically yes: MX, SPF and DKIM work the same on any extension. The choice is about recognition and spelling, so start with .com, .org or .net before a niche ending. ### Why does the renewal matter more than the first year? You pay the renewal every year you keep the address. A promotional first year is a one-time saving, while a higher renewal compounds over five or ten years. ### How was the Namecheap price obtained? We used Namecheap's regular renewal prices as listed on domainoffer.net, read on 12 November 2026, because namecheap.com answered HTTP 403 to our reader. ### Does a cheap domain include WHOIS privacy? At Postelva, yes, where the registry allows it; what stays public depends on each registry. [WHOIS privacy for an email domain](https://postelva.com/whois-privacy-for-email-domain/ "Does my email domain show my name in WHOIS?") explains the details. ## Sources 1. [Namecheap regular renewal prices as listed on domainoffer.net](https://domainoffer.net/tld/com/namecheap) — domainoffer.net (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Porkbun domain pricing API](https://api.porkbun.com/api/json/v3/pricing/get) — Porkbun (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Verisign raising wholesale .com prices](https://domainnamewire.com/2026/04/23/breaking-verisign-raising-wholesale-com-prices/) — Domain Name Wire (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # What is a good Cloudflare Registrar alternative for email domains? > Cloudflare Registrar sells at cost but requires Cloudflare DNS. Postelva's .com is $12.49 a year with your own nameservers allowed, paid in crypto. - URL: https://postelva.com/cloudflare-registrar-alternative-for-email/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Cloudflare Registrar is the price reference, because it passes registry costs through. This page sets out what you accept in exchange for that price when the domain carries your email, and where a different registrar fits better. **Quick answer — What is a good Cloudflare Registrar alternative for email domains?** Cloudflare Registrar sells domains at cost but requires Cloudflare as the authoritative DNS, which rules out your own nameservers. **Postelva** is an alternative when you want a free choice of nameservers (2 to 13) and payment in crypto: a .com costs $12.49/year a year, against Cloudflare's $10.46 on a pre-1-November list. ## Cloudflare Registrar and Postelva compared for an email domain *Cloudflare: cloudflare.com and developers.cloudflare.com, read 12 November 2026; prices from cfdomainpricing.com, a secondary list. Cloudflare is under Postelva's price on every one of our 14 extensions on that list.* | Point | Cloudflare Registrar | Postelva | | --- | --- | --- | | Pricing model | At cost: registration, transfer and renewal "always at or below" what registries and ICANN charge | One price every year; $12.49/year for a .com | | Renewal of a .com | $10.46 on the list read (before the 1 November 2026 registry rise; about $11.17 expected now) | $12.49/year | | Renewal of an .email domain | $24.20 | $29.49/year | | DNS | Cloudflare authoritative DNS is required | free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13) | | WHOIS privacy | Free WHOIS redaction | Free where the registry allows it | | Email setup | Cloudflare Email Routing forwards incoming mail only | one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing | | Payment | A payment method on file; accepted methods not listed on the pages read | BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, prepaid balance, $25 minimum | | Identity | Not covered by the pages read | No ID; one verified email per domain | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## What does Cloudflare Registrar do well? **Cloudflare passes the registry price through, so its renewals are the reference for a low price.** Its registrar page states that registration, transfer and renewal prices are always at or below what registries and ICANN charge it, with no add-ons required, and it offers free WHOIS redaction and free DNSSEC. Its documentation adds that domains are enrolled to auto-renew by default. On the secondary list we read on 12 November 2026, Cloudflare's price was under Postelva's on every one of our 14 extensions: for example $11.86 for .net against $13.49/year, and $24.20 for .email against $29.49/year. According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, our median is 30% under Namecheap's regular renewal, and Cloudflare is lower again. We do not claim to be the cheapest, and if the price is your only criterion, Cloudflare wins it. The list also carries oddities, such as a .org registration at $8.50 against a renewal of $11.20, so compare renewals, not first-year figures. ## What do you give up with Cloudflare for an email domain? **You give up the choice of DNS host, because Cloudflare's documentation states that the domain must use Cloudflare for authoritative DNS.** Its transfer page says the registrar requires a full setup and that you cannot use another DNS provider while registered with it. For an email domain this matters in two ways. Your MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records live in Cloudflare's dashboard, and any tool that wants your own nameservers is excluded. Moving DNS elsewhere means moving the registration first. Cloudflare's Email Routing is a separate product. Its documentation says it processes incoming mail with Workers or forwards it to destination addresses; sending to any recipient is a different, beta product on a paid Workers plan. Routing alone is forwarding, not a mailbox. You still need Proton Mail, Fastmail, Tuta or another provider behind the domain, as the page on a [custom email domain](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?") explains. ## How does the payment and identity side differ? **Cloudflare requires a payment method on file, and the pages we read do not list which ones.** Its transfer documentation says the account needs a valid payment method before you enter the authorization code. Nothing on the pages read says that crypto is accepted, so we do not state it either way. Postelva is crypto only: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, from a prepaid balance with a $25 minimum. Send the exact amount, click I've sent the payment, and the balance is credited once the payment is confirmed. Registrations and renewals come out of that balance, and for renewals, we offer automatic renewal from your balance, switched on or off for each domain. On identity, Postelva collects no ID: only one email address per domain, required and verified as ICANN rules demand, and kept private. Privacy of the registrant record depends on the registry. A .com is a thin registry, so Verisign receives no registrant contact data; the page on [WHOIS privacy for an email domain](https://postelva.com/whois-privacy-for-email-domain/ "Does my email domain show my name in WHOIS?") covers the other extensions. ## Which registrar fits which email setup? **Cloudflare fits a buyer who accepts Cloudflare DNS and a payment method on file; Postelva fits a buyer who wants free DNS with optional own nameservers and crypto payment.** - Choose **Cloudflare** if pass-through registry pricing is the goal, you already use Cloudflare for DNS, and only forwarding or a mailbox elsewhere is planned. - Choose **Postelva** if you pay in crypto, prefer not to upload identity documents, want to keep DNS flexible, or want a template that fills the Proton Mail, Fastmail or Zoho Mail records. The page on the [best domain registrar for Proton Mail](https://postelva.com/best-domain-registrar-for-proton-mail/ "Which is the best domain registrar for Proton Mail?") shows the Proton records. - Choose **neither** and compare more names if you want a third price point: the [Namecheap alternative page](https://postelva.com/namecheap-alternative-for-email-domain/ "What is a good Namecheap alternative for a custom email domain?") uses the same survey. One more fact belongs to the comparison. Apple's iCloud+ custom email domain buys domains through Cloudflare as registrar, according to Cloudflare's documentation, so an iCloud+ domain is already a Cloudflare registration. ## Cloudflare alternative: questions ### Is Cloudflare Registrar cheaper than Postelva? On the list we read on 12 November 2026, yes, on all 14 of our extensions: it sells at cost. Postelva's prices are one price every year, and each is under Namecheap's regular renewal. ### Can I keep my DNS elsewhere with a Cloudflare domain? No. Cloudflare's documentation says the domain must use Cloudflare for authoritative DNS. At Postelva you may use our DNS or your own nameservers. ### Is Cloudflare Email Routing a mailbox? No. It forwards incoming mail or passes it to Workers. You need a mail provider such as Proton Mail or Fastmail to send and store mail. ### Can I transfer a Cloudflare domain to Postelva? Yes, with the authorization code from your Cloudflare account. The transfer costs the renewal price, $12.49 for a .com. Move DNS records first so the mail keeps flowing. ### Does Postelva take cards? No. Payment is in crypto only, from a prepaid balance with a $25 minimum. **In summary** - Cloudflare Registrar sells at cost; its .com was $10.46 on a pre-1-November list. - It requires Cloudflare as the authoritative DNS; Postelva allows our DNS or your own nameservers (2 to 13). - Cloudflare Email Routing forwards incoming mail only; it is not a mailbox. - Postelva: .com $12.49/year, the same every year, median 30% under Namecheap's renewal. We do not claim to be the cheapest. - Payment at Postelva is crypto only (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC), minimum $25, with no ID. - Cloudflare's accepted payment methods and identity rules were not listed on the pages we read. ## Sources 1. [Cloudflare Registrar](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Cloudflare - Transfer a domain to Cloudflare](https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/get-started/transfer-domain-to-cloudflare/) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Cloudflare Registrar documentation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Cloudflare Email Routing](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Cloudflare - iCloud domains](https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/account-options/icloud-domains) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Cloudflare domain pricing list (secondary)](https://cfdomainpricing.com/) — cfdomainpricing.com (read 2026-11-12) **Keep your DNS flexible** Search a name and pay in crypto, with your own nameservers if you want them. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I contact Postelva? > Contact Postelva: support@postelva.com for orders, DNS and transfers, abuse@postelva.com for abuse reports, with email replies seven days a week. - URL: https://postelva.com/contact/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Two email addresses cover every case. Here is which one to use and what to write so we can answer in one go. **Quick answer — How do I contact Postelva?** Email **support@postelva.com** for orders, top-ups, DNS, renewals and transfers, or **abuse@postelva.com** to report abuse; no account is needed for either. **Postelva** sells domains for private email, and email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. Write in English and name the domain. ## Contacts | Attribute | Value | | --- | --- | | Support | support@postelva.com | | Abuse reports | abuse@postelva.com, no account needed | | Replies | email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records | | Abuse acknowledgement | an acknowledgement with a reference number | | Language | English | | Operator | DomaineGoat LLC, incorporated in Panama | ## Which address should I write to? | Your question | Address | Subject line | | --- | --- | --- | | An order, a top-up not yet credited, a failed registration | support@postelva.com | Domain name + order or transaction ID | | MX, SPF, DKIM or DMARC records, nameservers, forwarding | support@postelva.com | Domain name + DNS | | Renewal, auto-renew, transfer in or out, transfer code | support@postelva.com | Domain name + transfer | | Domain protection, or a hand-back in your own name | support@postelva.com | Domain name + Domain protection | | A mistake on a page of the site | support@postelva.com | Correction + page address | | Phishing, malware, botnet, fraud on victims, child sexual abuse material | abuse@postelva.com | Domain name + type of abuse | | A court or prosecutor's order, a UDRP notice | support@postelva.com | Legal request + domain name | ## What should I include in my message? Give the domain name first. For a payment, add the coin, the exact amount and the transaction identifier. For a DNS problem, name your email provider and paste the record you entered. For a correction, give the address of the page. Never send a seed phrase, a private key or a password: we never ask for them. For abuse reports, follow the [abuse page](https://postelva.com/abuse/ "How to report abuse on a Postelva domain"). Common questions are answered in the [FAQ](https://postelva.com/faq/ "Email domain FAQ") already. Replies come by email in English. If the matter is urgent, such as a domain about to expire, say so in the subject line. --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # What is a custom email domain? > A custom email domain is a name you own, like you@yourname.com: change provider and the address stays, only the MX records change. - URL: https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) A domain you register yourself turns your address from something a provider lends you into something you own. **Quick answer — What is a custom email domain?** A custom email domain is a domain name you register yourself, such as yourname.com, so your address becomes you@yourname.com instead of an address owned by Gmail or Proton. **Postelva** sells that domain from $7.99/year, and when you change provider only the MX records change, never the address. ## Provider address versus custom-domain address | Point | Address at a provider (you@proton.me) | Address on your own domain (you@yourname.com) | | --- | --- | --- | | Who owns the name | The provider | You, as registrant of the domain | | If you change provider | The address is lost | The address stays; you edit the MX records | | What you pay | Only the mailbox plan | The mailbox plan plus a domain renewed every year | | Several addresses | Limited by the plan, all under the provider name | Aliases and often a catch-all, all under your name | | What a sender sees | The provider name in every address | Your own name only | ## How does a custom email domain work? **A domain is a name in the DNS, and its MX records tell the world which server receives your mail.** Postelva registers the name and hosts its DNS: free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). Your mailbox provider (Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, iCloud+, Migadu) runs the inbox. You point the MX records of the domain at that provider, and mail sent to you@yourname.com lands on its servers. The domain and the mailbox are two separate purchases from two separate companies, which is exactly why you can swap one without touching the other. [What an MX record is](https://postelva.com/what-is-an-mx-record/ "What is an MX record?") explains the mechanism in detail. ## Why does a custom domain keep your address portable? **Because the address belongs to the domain, not to the mailbox that currently receives it.** An alias at a provider domain, such as @proton.me, @tuta.com or @mailbox.org, belongs to that provider, and you lose it when you leave. A domain you own can be pointed at another provider by changing the MX, SPF and DKIM records, and the address stays the same (Tuta draws the same distinction on its own blog). Contacts, bank logins and newsletters keep working, because none of them ever stored a provider name. [How to keep your address when you change provider](https://postelva.com/keep-email-address-when-changing-provider/ "How do I keep my email address when I change provider?") walks through the move step by step. ## Does a custom domain cost more than a normal address? **Yes, by the price of the domain, which is $12.49/year for a .com at Postelva.** Proton states that all paid plans support custom domains and that you buy the domain from a registrar; the free plan does not take one. At Postelva the price is the same for the first year, every renewal and a transfer, so a .com costs $62.45 over five years. The full budget, with provider plans next to the domain, is in [how much a custom email domain costs](https://postelva.com/how-much-does-a-custom-email-domain-cost/ "How much does a custom email domain cost?"). ## Who sells the domain, and who sells the mailbox? **Mostly two different companies: the registrar sells the name, the email provider sells the inbox.** Proton Mail and Tuta do not sell domains. Fastmail, iCloud+ and Infomaniak do, and Fastmail offers only a handful of extensions to paid accounts. According to Postelva's index of 12 November 2026, 3 of the 14 services it tracks sell domains themselves. Postelva sells the domain only, not the mailbox, and accepts BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. Domains are registered through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner, and you are the registrant of record. ## What do you need to set one up? **Three things: a domain, a mailbox plan that accepts custom domains, and a few DNS records.** Postelva's client area has one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. For Tuta, Mailbox.org, iCloud+ and Migadu there is no one-click template, so you type the MX, TXT and CNAME records in the DNS editor, using the values the provider shows. Each provider has a dedicated walkthrough, starting with the [Proton Mail custom domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain"). Add SPF, DKIM and DMARC afterwards so receivers trust your mail; the three are compared in the SPF, DKIM and DMARC guide. ## What are the risks of owning a domain? **The main risk is letting it expire, because mail to a lapsed domain bounces.** ICANN's Expired Registration Recovery Policy gives a 30-day redemption grace period after deletion, during which DNS resolution is disabled. Postelva offers automatic renewal from your balance, switched on or off for each domain, so the renewal comes out of your prepaid balance without a reminder. The second risk is the registrant email: ICANN requires it to be verified, and Postelva applies the rule this way: the registrant email is verified after registration, as ICANN rules require (within 15 days). Keep that mailbox somewhere other than the domain itself. ## Can one domain serve several addresses? **Yes: one domain can carry as many addresses as the plan allows, plus a catch-all.** Proton Mail Plus allows 10 addresses on 1 custom domain. Proton, Tuta, Mailbox.org and Fastmail all support a catch-all on paid plans, which accepts mail sent to any name before the @. A catch-all attracts spam, so many people prefer a handful of named aliases, one per service they sign up for. If a service leaks your address, you retire that alias and nothing else changes. This is possible only on a domain you own. **In summary** - A custom email domain is a name you own, giving addresses like you@yourname.com. - The address stays when you change provider; only the MX records change. - Postelva sells the domain, not the mailbox: Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org and others run the inbox. - A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. - Proton and Tuta do not sell domains; 3 of 14 indexed services do. - Domains are registered through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner, in your name. - Keep auto-renew on: an expired domain stops receiving mail. ## Questions about custom email domains ### Do I need a website to use a custom email domain? No. A domain with MX records and no website receives mail normally. The "no email" and SPF + DMARC templates also work for a domain that only sends or only parks. ### Can I use one domain with several people? Yes. Most providers allow several addresses on one domain, and family plans share it. Every person gets an address under the same name. ### Is a custom email domain private? The domain is in your name and the only contact data Postelva collects is one verified email, kept private. We release the data we hold only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case. ### What happens if I forget to renew? The domain stops resolving once it lapses and incoming mail bounces. ICANN's policy provides a 30-day redemption period afterwards, with extra recovery fees. ## Sources 1. [Tuta: how to get a domain name and email](https://tuta.com/blog/own-domain-email) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Proton: custom domain](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Fastmail: registering a domain through Fastmail](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/5948732264335) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 4. [ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy](https://www.icann.org/en/contracted-parties/consensus-policies/expired-registration-recovery-policy/expired-registration-recovery-policy-21-02-2024-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How many popular domains use SPF, DMARC and MTA-STS in 2026? > We read SPF, DMARC and MTA-STS for the 1,000 most popular domains: 88.9% of mail domains publish DMARC, 50.2% at p=reject, 5.2% use MTA-STS. - URL: https://postelva.com/data/email-authentication-statistics-2026/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) We looked up the public email records of the 1,000 most popular domains on the Tranco list of 11 November 2026: MX, SPF, DMARC, MTA-STS, SMTP TLS reporting and BIMI. Here are the aggregate figures, the method and its limits. **Quick answer — How many popular domains use SPF, DMARC and MTA-STS in 2026?** Of the 691 domains that receive mail among the 1,000 most popular (Tranco, 11 November 2026), 93.9% publish SPF and 88.9% publish DMARC, but only 50.2% enforce p=reject and 5.2% use MTA-STS. **Postelva** read the records on 12 November 2026 through public DNS. ## Results for the 691 domains that receive mail *Tranco list PY2NJ (13 October to 11 November 2026), top 1,000; 691 domains with MX records. A lookup that failed is left out of its line, so the totals differ by one or three.* | Record | Published | Share | What it means | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | SPF (TXT v=spf1) | 647 of 689 | 93.9% | Lists the servers allowed to send for the domain | | SPF ending in -all (hard fail) | 343 of 689 | 49.8% | Mail from other servers should be rejected | | SPF ending in ~all (soft fail) | 261 of 689 | 37.9% | Mail from other servers is only marked | | More than one SPF record (invalid) | 3 of 689 | 0.4% | RFC 7208 allows one; receivers return an error | | DMARC (TXT at _dmarc) | 614 of 691 | 88.9% | A policy for mail that fails SPF and DKIM | | DMARC p=reject | 347 of 691 | 50.2% | Failing mail is refused | | DMARC p=quarantine | 168 of 691 | 24.3% | Failing mail goes to spam | | DMARC p=none | 99 of 691 | 14.3% | Monitoring only, nothing is blocked | | MTA-STS (TXT at _mta-sts) | 36 of 688 | 5.2% | Senders must use TLS to reach the domain | | SMTP TLS reporting (TXT at _smtp._tls) | 43 of 688 | 6.2% | Reports on TLS delivery failures | | BIMI (TXT at default._bimi) | 159 of 688 | 23.1% | A brand logo record for supporting inboxes | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## What did the study find? **Publishing SPF and DMARC is now the norm among popular domains; enforcing them is not.** Nine in ten mail domains in the top 1,000 publish a DMARC record, but only half tell receivers to refuse failing mail. One in seven stays at p=none, which collects reports and blocks nothing, and a quarter quarantine. Almost every DMARC record asks for aggregate reports: 93.3% carry a rua address. SPF tells the same story. 93.9% publish a record, but a hard fail (-all) closes only 49.8% of them; 37.9% end with a soft fail (~all). Three domains publish two SPF records, which RFC 7208 treats as a permanent error, and our [guide to the SPF record](https://postelva.com/guides/spf-record-setup/ "How to set up an SPF record") shows why one record must hold every sender. Transport security lags far behind. MTA-STS, which forces sending servers to use TLS, is published by 36 of 688 mail domains (5.2%), and SMTP TLS reporting by 43. Only 30 of the 691 combine SPF, an enforced DMARC policy and MTA-STS. ## The 100 most popular domains compared with the top 1,000 *All domains of each group, whether or not they receive mail; a domain without mail can still publish SPF and DMARC to stop spoofing.* | Measure | Top 100 (all domains) | Top 1,000 (all domains) | | --- | --- | --- | | SPF published | 81 of 100 (81%) | 762 of 996 (76.5%) | | DMARC published | 76 of 100 (76%) | 730 of 998 (73.1%) | | DMARC p=reject | 51 of 100 (51%) | 439 of 998 (44%) | | MTA-STS | 10 of 100 (10%) | 38 of 994 (3.8%) | | BIMI | 17 of 99 (17.2%) | 159 of 994 (16%) | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## Do domains that send no mail protect themselves? **Mostly not.** 306 of the 1,000 domains have no MX record or a null MX (RFC 7505), so they never send legitimate mail. A criminal can still put any of them in a From line. The fix costs two DNS records: SPF "v=spf1 -all" and DMARC "p=reject". 95 of the 306 publish the SPF hard fail and 92 the DMARC reject policy, so roughly two in three leave the door open. The same applies to a personal domain you keep for later, or to a second extension bought only to protect your address. The [DMARC setup guide](https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ "How to set up DMARC for a personal domain") includes the no-mail record set, and Postelva's DNS editor has a one-click template for it. ## How was the study done? **We took the Tranco list PY2NJ, built from five providers' data between 13 October and 11 November 2026, and kept its first 1,000 domains.** Each domain got six DNS lookups through Cloudflare's public DNS-over-HTTPS resolver on 12 November 2026: MX at the apex, TXT at the apex (SPF), and TXT at _dmarc, _mta-sts, _smtp._tls and default._bimi. A domain counts as receiving mail when it has at least one MX record other than a null MX. SPF counts when exactly one TXT record starts with v=spf1, and its policy is read from the all mechanism. DMARC counts when a TXT record at _dmarc starts with v=DMARC1, and its policy is the p tag. A lookup that failed after three tries is left out of that line. Tranco ranks registrable domains, so some entries are infrastructure names that never send mail, which is why the mail figures use only the 691 domains with MX records. The raw answers and the script are kept with the study. We publish totals only, without naming domains. ## What the figures mean for your own domain **A personal or family domain can match the best of the top 1,000 in an afternoon.** According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, 347 of the 691 most popular mail domains refuse failing mail with DMARC p=reject and 36 publish MTA-STS; a domain connected to Proton Mail, Fastmail or Zoho Mail through our templates starts with SPF, DKIM and DMARC already written. The usual order is SPF and DKIM first, DMARC at p=none for a week of reports, then quarantine and reject; the [comparison of SPF, DKIM and DMARC](https://postelva.com/spf-vs-dkim-vs-dmarc/ "SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC") explains what each record checks. MTA-STS takes a small policy file on a web host, as our [MTA-STS guide](https://postelva.com/guides/mta-sts-setup/ "How to set up MTA-STS") shows. A .com at Postelva costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. ## Questions about the study ### What share of popular domains use DMARC in 2026? 88.9% of the 691 domains that receive mail in the Tranco top 1,000 published DMARC on 12 November 2026, and 50.2% used p=reject. Across all 1,000 domains, 73.1% published DMARC. ### How many popular domains use MTA-STS? 36 of 688 mail domains (5.2%) in the top 1,000, and 10 of the top 100 domains. It is the least adopted of the records we checked. ### Is p=none enough? No. p=none only asks for reports; spoofed mail is still delivered. 14.3% of the mail domains we checked stayed at p=none. ### Why are some domains counted out of 689 or 688? A lookup that failed after three tries is left out of that record's line, so the base varies by one to three domains. ### Will the study be repeated? Yes, with the same list size, script and records, so the figures form a dated series; each update is logged on our updates page. **In summary** - 1,000 most popular domains (Tranco, 11 November 2026), DNS read on 12 November 2026; 691 receive mail. - Mail domains: SPF 93.9%, DMARC 88.9%, DMARC p=reject 50.2%, p=none 14.3%. - MTA-STS is rare: 5.2% of mail domains, 10% of the top 100; only 30 combine SPF, enforced DMARC and MTA-STS. - Of 306 domains that send no mail, 92 publish DMARC p=reject and 95 an SPF hard fail. - Totals only; the script and raw answers are kept for a repeat of the study. ## Sources and method 1. [Tranco list PY2NJ (top 1M, 13 October – 11 November 2026)](https://tranco-list.eu/list/PY2NJ/1000000) — Tranco (downloaded 2026-11-12) 2. [DNS over HTTPS, JSON API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/make-api-requests/dns-json/) — Cloudflare (used 2026-11-12) 3. [RFC 7208: Sender Policy Framework (SPF)](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7208) — IETF (read 2026-11-12) 4. [RFC 8461: SMTP MTA Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS)](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8461) — IETF (read 2026-11-12) 5. [RFC 7505: A "Null MX" No Service Resource Record](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7505) — IETF (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Which email providers support custom domains in 2026? > Of 14 providers checked on 12 November 2026, 11 offer a custom domain and only Zoho Mail Free does it at no cost. Plans, prices and records. - URL: https://postelva.com/data/email-provider-custom-domain-index-2026/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Postelva's index lists 14 email services, the plan that allows your own domain, its price, its limits, whether it takes crypto and which DNS records it needs. Anything we could not read on an official page is marked as not verified. **Quick answer — Which email providers support custom domains in 2026?** Of the 14 providers in **Postelva**'s index of 12 November 2026, 11 offer a custom domain on a plan, including Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail, Migadu and Zoho Mail. Only Zoho Mail Free is free, with 1 domain and up to 5 users. Posteo does not offer custom domains, and Skiff has shut down. ## Plan with a custom domain, price and limits, 14 providers *Official pricing and help pages read on 12 November 2026. Prices in the currency each page showed. Posteo rests on secondary sources because its own help page returned an error. Duo, Family and business tiers are left out where their limits could not be verified.* | Provider | Cheapest plan with a custom domain | Price shown | Domains and addresses | Catch-all | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Proton Mail | Mail Plus | $2.49/month on a 12-month term (list $4.99); then $47.88/year | 1 domain, 10 addresses | Yes | | Tuta | Revolutionary | Not verified | 3 domains | Yes | | Mailbox.org | Standard | EUR 4/month or EUR 36/year | Custom domains allowed, limit not stated; 50 aliases | Yes | | Fastmail | Individual | EUR 6/month or EUR 60/year | Supported, limit not stated | Yes | | StartMail | Personal | $4.99/month | 1 domain, unlimited aliases | Not verified | | Mailfence | Paid plans | Not verified | Limits not verified | Not verified | | Infomaniak | Mail Service | CHF 1.50 or CHF 2.29/month: sources conflict | Domain required, count not verified | Not verified | | Migadu | Micro | $19/year | Soft limit on domains; unlimited mailboxes, 200 in / 20 out a day | Not verified | | Zoho Mail | Mail Free | $0 | 1 domain, up to 5 users, 5 GB each | Not verified | | iCloud+ | Any paid tier | Not verified: Apple lists no price | Up to 5 domains, 10 addresses each | Not verified | | Purelymail | Simple pricing | $10/year flat | No hard cap | Not verified | | Posteo | None | n/a | Does not offer custom domains (secondary sources) | n/a | | Skiff | None | Service closed | n/a | n/a | | Disroot / Riseup | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## Crypto payment and DNS records, as far as verified *Mailfence, Infomaniak, Posteo, Skiff and Disroot / Riseup are omitted from this table because their crypto and record data could not be verified or do not apply.* | Provider | Direct crypto payment | Records for a custom domain | | --- | --- | --- | | Proton Mail | Bitcoin only, as account credit; no autopay | 8: 1 verification TXT, 2 MX, 1 SPF, 3 DKIM CNAME, 1 DMARC | | Tuta | No; only gift cards bought with Bitcoin, Monero or cash | Values come from Tuta's wizard; exact names not verified | | Mailbox.org | No | 11: 1 verification TXT, 4 MX, 1 SPF, 4 DKIM CNAME, 1 DMARC | | Fastmail | Not verified | 6 documented: 2 MX, 1 SPF, 3 DKIM CNAME; DMARC not read | | StartMail | Bitcoin on annual plans, on request | Not verified | | Migadu | Not on the site; contact support for a wallet address | 2 MX, SPF, 3 DKIM, DMARC from third-party guides; copy from Migadu's admin | | iCloud+ | No | Verification TXT, 2 MX, SPF, 1 DKIM CNAME (third-party guides) | | Zoho Mail | Not verified | 3 MX documented; the others not verified | | Purelymail | Not verified | 1 MX, SPF, 3 DKIM CNAME, 1 DMARC CNAME (search snippets of its docs) | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## How many providers allow a custom domain at all? **Eleven of the 14 providers in the index allow a custom domain on at least one plan.** They are Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail, StartMail, Mailfence, Infomaniak, Migadu, Zoho Mail, iCloud+ and Purelymail. Three do not or could not be confirmed. Posteo does not support custom domains, according to a Privacy Guides forum thread and a vendor blog, because its own help page could not be read. Skiff is gone: Notion acquired it in February 2024 and the service was shut down. For Disroot and Riseup, a search found nothing either way, so we state nothing. Only one of the eleven offers a free plan with your own domain: Zoho Mail Free, which allows 1 domain and up to 5 users with 5 GB each, without IMAP, POP or Exchange ActiveSync, and where a sixth user pushes everyone onto a paid plan. The page on whether [Proton Mail Free supports custom domains](https://postelva.com/does-proton-mail-free-support-custom-domains/ "Does Proton Mail Free support custom domains?") covers the best-known free plan that does not. ## How many providers cost under $5 a month with a custom domain? **Six providers have a plan with a custom domain under $5 a month, counting euro prices at face value.** According to Postelva's index of 12 November 2026, they are Zoho Mail Free ($0), Purelymail ($10 a year), Migadu Micro ($19 a year), Proton Mail Plus ($2.49 a month on a 12-month term), Mailbox.org Standard (EUR 3 a month on the yearly plan) and StartMail Personal ($4.99 a month). Two caveats apply. The Proton figure is a 12-month rate: the list price is $4.99 and the second year costs $47.88, about $3.99 a month. Mailbox.org's EUR 3 is the yearly plan, EUR 4 when billed monthly. Fastmail Individual, at EUR 6 a month or EUR 60 a year, sits above the line. The price of the mailbox is only half the cost. The domain adds a yearly fee, which at Postelva is $12.49/year for a .com and $7.99/year for a .link, the same every year. ## Which providers accept crypto? **Three of the 14 providers take Bitcoin in some form, and none takes Monero directly.** Proton Mail accepts Bitcoin as account credit, bought after you create a free account, with no autopay. StartMail takes Bitcoin on annual plans, and you contact it for the price and address. Migadu tells you to contact support for a wallet address, and credits the payment in USD. Tuta takes no crypto for subscriptions directly: Bitcoin or Monero reach it only through gift cards sold by a partner. Mailbox.org and iCloud+ list cards, PayPal and similar methods, without crypto. For the other providers we found no verified answer. The domain is a separate purchase everywhere in this index except at Fastmail, iCloud+ and Infomaniak, which sell domains inside the product. We found no crypto option at Fastmail or iCloud+. Postelva accepts BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC from a prepaid balance, from $25, so a crypto-paid domain can sit in front of a mailbox paid another way. ## Which providers sell the domain too, and why does it matter? **Three providers sell domains inside the product, and buying both from one company ties the address to that company.** Fastmail sells .com, .net, .org, .io, .ac and .sh to paid accounts older than 7 days, not on its Basic business plan. iCloud+ buys the domain through Cloudflare as registrar. Infomaniak is itself a registrar. Proton, Tuta, Mailbox.org and Migadu do not sell domains. A domain bought separately is the part of the address that stays when you leave, as the page on how to [keep your email address when changing provider](https://postelva.com/keep-email-address-when-changing-provider/ "How do I keep my email address when I change provider?") shows. The [Proton Mail and Tuta comparison](https://postelva.com/proton-mail-vs-tuta-custom-domain/ "Proton Mail vs Tuta for a custom domain") and the [setup guides](https://postelva.com/guides/ "Custom email domain setup guides") show what changes at each provider when you move. Postelva sells domains, not mailboxes. Postelva offers one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. Tuta, Mailbox.org, iCloud+ and Migadu have no one-click template: their records are typed in the DNS editor. ## How was the index built? **The index uses only pages read on 12 November 2026, and every field we could not read is marked not verified.** Postelva compiled it with web search and web fetch, without signing up to any service. Pricing pages read through a summarising tool give paraphrased text, and prices vary by region and currency, so re-check a figure before you pay. Where a provider's help page was unreachable, as for Posteo, Mailfence and parts of Migadu and Purelymail, the entry rests on secondary sources, and the table says so. We include no provider's marketing claim about itself without a source. ## Provider index: questions ### Which provider has a free plan with a custom domain? Zoho Mail Free, with 1 domain and up to 5 users of 5 GB each. It has no IMAP, POP or Exchange ActiveSync access and is offered only in some data centers. ### Does Posteo support custom domains? No, according to a Privacy Guides forum thread and a vendor blog. Posteo's own help page could not be retrieved, so this rests on secondary sources. ### What happened to Skiff? Notion acquired Skiff in February 2024 and the service shut down. If you used a custom domain there, point its MX records to a new provider. ### Which provider allows the most domains? Migadu, Mini and above, and Purelymail have no hard cap. Tuta's top business tier is unlimited, and Proton Unlimited allows 3. ### Do I buy the domain from my email provider? Only at Fastmail, iCloud+ and Infomaniak. With the others you buy it from a registrar such as Postelva, where a .com costs $12.49/year. **In summary** - 14 providers in Postelva's index of 12 November 2026; 11 allow a custom domain on a plan. - Zoho Mail Free is the only free plan with a custom domain: 1 domain, up to 5 users. - 6 providers have a plan with a custom domain under $5 a month, with euro prices at face value. - 3 providers accept Bitcoin in some form: Proton Mail, StartMail and Migadu. - A Proton Mail custom domain needs 8 DNS records; Mailbox.org needs 11. - Posteo offers no custom domains and Skiff is closed. - Fastmail, iCloud+ and Infomaniak sell domains in the product; the others do not. ## Sources 1. [Proton Mail pricing](https://proton.me/mail/pricing) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Proton - Custom domain](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Tuta pricing](https://tuta.com/pricing) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) 4. [mailbox.org prices](https://mailbox.org/en/prices) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 5. [mailbox.org KB - custom domain](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/using-emails-with-a-custom-domain/) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Fastmail pricing](https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 7. [Fastmail - Registering a domain through Fastmail](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/5948732264335) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 8. [StartMail pricing](https://www.startmail.com/en/pricing) — StartMail (read 2026-11-12) 9. [Migadu pricing](https://www.migadu.com/pricing/) — Migadu (read 2026-11-12) 10. [Zoho Mail pricing](https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html) — Zoho (read 2026-11-12) 11. [Apple - Use Custom Email Domain with iCloud Mail](https://support.apple.com/en-gb/102540) — Apple (read 2026-11-12) 12. [Cloudflare - iCloud domains](https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/account-options/icloud-domains) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 13. [Purelymail pricing](https://purelymail.com/pricing) — Purelymail (read 2026-11-12) 14. [Privacy Guides - Using Posteo with a custom domain?](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/using-posteo-w-a-custom-domain/26368) — Privacy Guides forum (read 2026-11-12) 15. [Reclaim The Net - Skiff shutting down](https://reclaimthenet.org/private-email-and-documents-company-skiff-is-shutting-down-after-notion-acquisition) — Reclaim The Net (read 2026-11-12) **Buy the domain that outlives the provider** Search a name, then point it at any provider in the index. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [Setup guides](https://postelva.com/guides/ "Which guide do I need to set up a custom email domain?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Does Proton Mail Free support custom domains? > No: Proton Mail Free has no custom domain. Mail Plus allows 1 domain and 10 addresses from $2.49 a month, Unlimited allows 3 domains. - URL: https://postelva.com/does-proton-mail-free-support-custom-domains/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) The free plan stays on a proton.me address. Your own domain starts with the first paid plan, and the domain itself is bought elsewhere. **Quick answer — Does Proton Mail Free support custom domains?** No. Proton Mail Free does not support custom domains; every paid plan does. Mail Plus allows 1 custom domain and 10 addresses at $2.49 a month on a 12-month term, and Proton Unlimited allows 3 domains. Proton sells no domains, so you register yours at a registrar such as **Postelva**, from $7.99/year. ## Which Proton plan allows a custom domain? *Proton pricing page and custom-domain help page, read 12 November 2026. Duo, Family and business plans are not covered because their custom-domain limits and prices could not be verified.* | Plan | Custom domains | Addresses | Price (12-month term) | Catch-all | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Proton Mail Free | None | proton.me address only | $0 | No | | Mail Plus | 1 | 10 | $2.49/month, $29.88 for the first 12 months, then $47.88/year | Yes | | Proton Unlimited | 3 | Page wording: 15 extra addresses; other sources say 15 in total, not verified | $6.49/month, $77.88 for the first 12 months, then $119.88/year | Yes | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## Why is the custom domain a paid feature at Proton? **Proton ties custom domains to paid plans, and its help page states that all paid plans support them.** On the free plan your address sits on a Proton domain, which Proton owns, not you. The practical consequence is portability. An address at proton.me can only live at Proton. An address on your own domain can be pointed at any provider by changing the MX records, as the page on [what a custom email domain is](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?") explains. Proton's entry paid plan is therefore the entry point to a portable address at Proton, while the free plan is a good way to try the service first. ## How much does a Proton custom domain cost in total? **The total is the Proton plan plus a domain: for a .com at Postelva, $29.88 plus $12.49 is the first-year spend on Mail Plus with a 12-month term.** Proton's price for the second year is $47.88, so the mailbox part rises while the domain part does not. At Postelva a .com is $12.49/year, a .page is $11.49/year and a .link is $7.99/year, each at the same price in year two and every year after. Over five years, a .com costs $62.45 and a .link costs $39.95. The page on [cheap domains for email](https://postelva.com/cheap-domain-for-email/ "Cheap domain for an email address: which one?") compares the extensions. The $2.49 figure is a 12-month promotional rate: the list monthly price Proton shows is $4.99. Plan your budget on the renewal figure, $47.88 a year. ## Can the free plan receive mail for my domain in another way? **Yes, but only as forwarding, not as a mailbox on your domain.** Postelva offers free email forwarding and URL forwarding from the client area. A forward from you@yourdomain.com to a free Proton address delivers incoming mail, yet replies still leave from the proton.me address, so the recipient sees a different sender. This is a stopgap, not a setup. If you want to send from your own domain, you need a paid plan and the full record set. According to Postelva's count of Proton's support pages on 12 November 2026, that is eight DNS records: one verification TXT, two MX, one SPF TXT, three DKIM CNAME and one DMARC TXT. The guide on [how to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain") lists them. ## What do I do once I have a paid Proton plan? **You add the domain in Proton's settings, then create the records at the place that hosts your DNS.** Proton's wizard sits under Settings, All settings, Organization, Domain names. It shows each record in turn: the verification TXT first, then the MX records, the SPF include, the three DKIM CNAME targets and the DMARC value. Two habits save trouble. First, keep a single SPF record per domain: if one exists, add Proton's include to it instead of creating a second one. Second, remove the MX records of your previous provider, or give Proton's the lowest priority number, because mixed MX records deliver mail unpredictably. Proton says to allow up to a day for MX changes to take effect. Postelva hosts DNS for free, with one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. The Proton template writes the fixed records in one click; you paste only the values that Proton generates for your domain. If something fails after the switch, write to support and give the domain name. email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. ## Which free alternatives allow a custom domain? **Zoho Mail Free is the one free plan with a custom domain in Postelva's index of 14 providers.** According to Postelva's index of 12 November 2026, it allows 1 domain and up to 5 users with 5 GB each, without IMAP, POP or Exchange ActiveSync, and a sixth user forces everyone onto a paid plan. The plan is offered only in some data centers. The other providers in the index with a custom domain charge. The full table is in the [index of email providers with custom domains](https://postelva.com/data/email-provider-custom-domain-index-2026/ "Which email providers support custom domains in 2026?"), and the [comparison of Proton Mail and Tuta](https://postelva.com/proton-mail-vs-tuta-custom-domain/ "Proton Mail vs Tuta for a custom domain") covers the other encrypted option. Postelva has a one-click Zoho Mail DNS template for that route. ## Proton Free and custom domains: questions ### Can I add a custom domain to Proton Mail Free later? Not on the free plan. Move to a paid plan such as Mail Plus first, then add the domain in the settings. ### How many custom domains does Proton Mail Plus allow? One custom domain, with 10 addresses. Proton Unlimited allows 3 domains. ### Does Proton sell domains? No. Its help page tells you to buy the domain from a domain registrar and to add it to your account. ### Can I pay Proton in Bitcoin? Yes, as account credit bought with Bitcoin on the Bitcoin network, after you create a free account. There is no autopay, so renew by hand and pay at least 24 hours before the bill is due. ### What does a custom domain cost at Postelva? A .com costs $12.49/year, and the price is the same at renewal and transfer. usually within minutes of the top-up being credited, the domain is registered after the top-up is credited. **In summary** - Proton Mail Free supports no custom domain. - Mail Plus: 1 custom domain, 10 addresses, $2.49/month on a 12-month term, then $47.88 a year. - Proton Unlimited: 3 custom domains, $6.49/month on a 12-month term. - Proton sells no domains; buy one from a registrar. - Postelva sells a .com at $12.49/year, the same every year; no ID, crypto only. - Zoho Mail Free is the only free plan with a custom domain in Postelva's index of 14 providers. ## Sources 1. [Proton Mail pricing](https://proton.me/mail/pricing) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Proton - Custom domain](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Proton - Pay with Bitcoin](https://proton.me/support/pay-with-bitcoin) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Zoho Mail pricing](https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html) — Zoho (read 2026-11-12) **Get the domain for your paid plan** Search a name and pay in crypto. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # What is Domain protection for an email domain? > Domain protection registers your email domain in the name of DomaineGoat LLC for a flat yearly fee, with a transfer lock and human review. - URL: https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) An option that changes who is named as the owner of the domain, adds a transfer lock and puts a person between a complaint and your domain. Here is when it is worth its price for a domain that carries your mail. **Quick answer — What is Domain protection for an email domain?** **Domain protection** is a Postelva option at +$29 per year and per domain. The domain is registered in the name of DomaineGoat LLC, you stay the beneficiary with a free hand-back, a transfer lock is on, only your email is held, and a person reads every complaint before any action. It is available on all 14 extensions. ## Registration with and without Domain protection *Both choices keep the same DNS, the same email setup and the same price for the domain itself.* | Point | Standard registration | With Domain protection | | --- | --- | --- | | Registrant of record | You | DomaineGoat LLC, with you as beneficiary | | Cost | The price of the domain | The price of the domain, plus $29 per year | | Data held about you | One verified email per domain, kept private | The same one email, held by DomaineGoat LLC | | Transfer lock | Not part of the standard registration | On | | Complaints about the domain | Handled under the abuse policy | Each one is read by a person before any action | | Getting the domain back in your name | Not needed | Free, on request | | Email, DNS, forwarding, renewal | Yours to manage | Yours to manage | ## Who is the owner of a domain with Domain protection? **The registrant of record is DomaineGoat LLC, and you remain the beneficiary.** In the registration data, the company is named instead of you. In practice, you keep full use of the domain: you edit the DNS zone, you point the MX records at your email provider, you switch auto-renew on or off, and you can ask for the domain to be handed back in your own name at any time, for free. The rest of the network rules apply unchanged. Domains are registered through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner, and DomaineGoat LLC is not a registrar. The terms of the arrangement are in the [terms of service](https://postelva.com/legal/terms/ "Postelva terms of service"). The hand-back changes only the name in the registration data. The domain keeps its DNS zone, its records and its renewal date, so mail keeps flowing while the name changes. If you later move to another registrar, do the hand-back first, then request the transfer code. ## What does a standard registration already protect? **A standard registration already keeps your postal address out of every record, because we never collect one.** The only contact data we hold is one email address per domain. ICANN requires it to be verified, and we keep it private. What shows publicly in WHOIS and RDAP depends on each registry. Free WHOIS privacy is applied where the registry allows it. The .com and .net registries are thin: Verisign receives no registrant contact data, so there is nothing for it to publish. Other extensions follow their own rules, which the page on [WHOIS privacy for an email domain](https://postelva.com/whois-privacy-for-email-domain/ "Does my email domain show my name in WHOIS?") compares. In short, the standard registration limits what exists about you, and the option changes who is named in what exists. ## Why does a transfer lock matter for an email domain? **Whoever controls your domain can read the password-reset mails of your other accounts.** Banks, exchanges, cloud tools and social accounts send their reset links to an address on your domain. If someone moves the domain to another registrar or takes over its DNS, they can redirect that mail and reset your passwords. A transfer lock tells the registry to refuse any outbound transfer until the lock is lifted. With Domain protection, the lock is on by default. When you want to leave, you ask us to hand the domain back in your own name first, which is free, and then you request the transfer code. The code itself is free, requested from the client area, with no exit fee. ## What does human review of complaints change? **With the option, a person reads every complaint about the domain before anyone acts on it.** Without the option, complaints follow the abuse policy as written, and that policy is strict about real abuse. For phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims, action follows within 24 hours of a well-documented report, with or without the option. Child sexual abuse material is handled immediately, with a report to the competent hotline or authority. A UDRP lock is applied within 2 business days of a request from a UDRP provider. The option does not shelter a domain that does these things. What the review changes is the way mistaken or abusive complaints are treated. Copyright, defamation, political and competitor complaints lead to no action on the complaint alone: it takes a decision that binds us. Human review exists only with Domain protection. The full rules are on the [abuse page](https://postelva.com/abuse/ "How to report abuse on a Postelva domain"). ## When is Domain protection worth $29 a year for an email domain? **It is worth it when the domain is the key to many accounts and its name matters to you.** The option costs more than the domain itself does for a .com, so weigh it honestly. These cases justify it: - You use one domain for the reset mails of banking, exchange and cloud accounts, and a transfer lock reduces the risk of a hijack. - Your name or business is public, and you prefer that the registration names a company, not a person. - You expect disputes with third parties and want a person to read each complaint. These cases do not: a throwaway address, a domain that holds only newsletters, or a domain you will drop within the year. For them, a standard registration with free WHOIS privacy is enough. The option is priced for each domain, not for the whole account. ## How many extensions can have the option, and what is the total cost? **All 14 extensions sold by Postelva accept the option.** According to Postelva's index of 12 November 2026, the extensions are .com, .net, .org, .me, .email, .xyz, .co, .io, .dev, .app, .page, .link, .pro and .online. A .com is $12.49/year and the option adds $29 per year; both prices stay the same every year, so the total of the two is the same in year five as in year one. The option is paid from your prepaid balance, like everything else. Minimum top-up is $25, in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. Domain protection is a flat-fee option that names DomaineGoat LLC as registrant of record, locks transfers and puts a person in front of every complaint. Postelva states what it covers and what it does not: it does not change the abuse policy, and it does not make anything legal. ## Questions about Domain protection ### Can I add Domain protection after I bought the domain? The option is priced per domain. Write to support and name the domain, and we tell you how to add it to a domain you already hold. ### Do I still verify an email address with Domain protection? Yes. ICANN requires a verified contact email for every domain, and the registrant email is verified after registration, as ICANN rules require (within 15 days). The option does not remove that rule. ### Does Domain protection change my email setup? No. MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records stay in your DNS zone, and your mail provider sees no difference. Only the name in the registration data changes. ### Can I take the domain back in my own name? Yes, for free, on request. You stay the beneficiary the whole time, so the hand-back is a change of name in the registration data. ### Does the option protect a domain used for phishing? No. Phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims lead to action within 24 hours of a well-documented report, with or without the option. **In summary** - Domain protection costs +$29 per year per domain, on top of the domain price. - The domain is registered in the name of DomaineGoat LLC; you stay the beneficiary, with a free hand-back. - A transfer lock is on, and only your email is held. - A person reads every complaint before any action; this review exists only with the option. - The abuse policy is unchanged: phishing, malware, botnets and fraud lead to action within 24 hours of a well-documented report. - It is available on all 14 extensions and changes nothing in your DNS or email setup. - A standard registration already holds one verified email and no postal address. ## Sources 1. [2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement, Whois Accuracy Program Specification](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) **Add it when you register** Choose the option for a domain when you register it, or ask support about a domain you already hold. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [Read the terms](https://postelva.com/legal/terms/ "Terms of service") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Can I register an email domain without ID? > Yes at Postelva: no ID document, only one verified email per domain, as ICANN requires within 15 days; a .com is $12.49/year. - URL: https://postelva.com/email-domain-without-kyc/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Registering with no identity documents is possible; registering with no contact data at all is not, because ICANN requires a verified email. **Quick answer — Can I register an email domain without ID?** Yes: at **Postelva** you register an email domain with no ID document, no selfie and no ID number. The only contact data collected is one email address per domain, required, verified and kept private, because ICANN requires the registrant email to be verified within 15 days. A .com costs $12.49/year, paid in crypto. ## What Postelva asks for and what it does not | Item | At Postelva | | --- | --- | | ID document, selfie or ID number | Not requested | | Registrant email | One per domain: required, verified, kept private | | Email verification | the registrant email is verified after registration, as ICANN rules require (within 15 days) | | Payment | Crypto only: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC | | Domain owner of record | You, unless you add Domain protection | | Release of the data we hold | Only when Panamanian law requires it, or in a UDRP case | ## Why does a domain still need an email address? **Because ICANN's registrar contract requires it.** Under the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement, the registrar must verify the registrant's email address or phone number within 15 calendar days of a registration, a transfer or a change of registrant. If there is no affirmative response, it must verify manually or suspend the domain. This is a rule for the whole domain industry, so no registrar can skip it. Postelva therefore needs a working address, and a click on the link we send completes the check. Use a mailbox that is not on the domain you are registering. ## What does "no KYC" mean here? **It means no identity documents: no passport, no selfie, no ID number.** It does not mean no data. The one email address is the only contact data Postelva collects for a domain. Domains are registered through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner, and you are the registrant of record. We say "no ID" rather than a stronger claim, because the email is real, it is verified, and it is attached to your account. According to Postelva's count, the registrant form has 1 field, the email, and asks for 0 identity documents. ## Who can see the email and other registrant data? **It depends on the registry, and on what the registry publishes in WHOIS and RDAP.** For .com and .net, which are thin registries, Verisign receives no registrant contact data. For other extensions, what stays public is set by each registry. WHOIS privacy is free where the registry allows it. The page [WHOIS privacy for an email domain](https://postelva.com/whois-privacy-for-email-domain/ "Does my email domain show my name in WHOIS?") explains the layers. ## When does Postelva release the data it holds? **Only under Panamanian law or in a UDRP case.** We release the data we hold only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case. We act on abuse reports separately: phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims lead to action within 24 hours of a well-documented report, child sexual abuse material is handled immediately, with a report to the competent hotline or authority, and a UDRP lock is applied within 2 business days of a request from a UDRP provider. A copyright, defamation or competitor complaint alone does not lead to action; that takes a decision that binds us. ## Does paying in crypto remove the email requirement? **No, the two are independent.** Paying in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC avoids a card and a bank, but the ICANN email check applies to every domain. A guide to crypto domain purchases makes the same point: privacy comes from what the registrar collects and publishes, not from the coin. If you want fewer details tied to your own name in the registry record, the [Domain protection option](https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ "What is Domain protection for an email domain?") registers the domain in the name of DomaineGoat LLC, with you as beneficiary, for +$29 a year. Payment steps are in [buying a domain for email with crypto](https://postelva.com/buy-domain-for-email-with-crypto/ "How do I buy a domain for email with crypto?"). ## What do other crypto-domain guides say? **They agree that crypto changes the payment, not the registration data.** A guide published by a registrar group notes that registrars still collect registrant name, email, phone and address, and that WHOIS privacy hides details from the public WHOIS, not from the registrar. Postelva is built differently on the first point: for each domain the only contact data we collect is one email address. Treat any provider that promises more than that with caution, because the ICANN verification rule applies to everyone. ## How is the email verified in practice? **A message with a link arrives at the registrant address, and clicking it completes the check.** The registrar partner sends it after registration, and the rule is that the registrant email is verified after registration, as ICANN rules require (within 15 days). If you also change the registrant email later, the verification starts again. Keep the inbox alive and check the spam folder the first day. **In summary** - No ID document, selfie or ID number is requested at Postelva. - One verified email per domain is required, as ICANN rules require within 15 days. - The domain is registered in your name through our registrar partner. - .com and .net: Verisign receives no registrant contact data; other registries decide what is public. - Data is released only when Panamanian law requires it, or in a UDRP case. - Domain protection costs +$29 a year. ## Questions about ID and domains ### What happens if I do not verify the email? The domain can be suspended. ICANN's rules allow suspension when the registrant does not answer verification within 15 days. ### Can I use a temporary email address? Use a stable one. A mailbox you cannot read means a failed verification and a risk to the domain, and it is also where renewal notices arrive. ### Is a domain bought this way "anonymous"? No. The email is verified and the domain is in your name. What we offer is no identity documents and a private email, not anonymity. ### Can I buy several domains with the same email? Each domain needs one verified email; you can use the same address for several. The full flow is on the [how it works](https://postelva.com/how-it-works/ "How does Postelva work?") page. ## Sources 1. [ICANN 2013 RAA with specifications (Whois Accuracy Program)](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) 2. [ICANN: suspension for non-response to Whois inquiries](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/non-response-2014-01-29-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) 3. [NiceNIC: buying a domain with crypto, KYC and TLD rules](https://nicenic.com/news/How-to-Buy-a-Domain-With-Crypto-Without-Misunderstanding-KYC-and-TLD-Rules-41955) — NiceNIC (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # What should I know before I buy a domain for my email? > 22 answers on buying a domain for private email: 14 extensions at one price every year, crypto payment, no ID, DNS, transfers and abuse rules. - URL: https://postelva.com/faq/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Answers on buying, prices, renewals, ID, email setup, transfers, privacy, abuse and payment. Each one links to the page with the detail. **Quick answer — What should I know before I buy a domain for private email at Postelva?** **Postelva** registers domain names for private email: the address you keep when you change provider. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same every year. You pay from a crypto balance (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, from $25) and give one verified email address, with no ID. Your mailbox stays at your provider. ## Questions and answers ### What does Postelva sell? Postelva sells domain names for email addresses, such as you@yourname.com. It does not sell mailboxes: your mail stays at Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, iCloud+, Migadu or any provider that accepts custom domains. The [custom email domain page](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?") explains the idea. ### Which extensions can I register? Fourteen: .com, .net, .org, .me, .email, .xyz, .co, .io, .dev, .app, .page, .link, .pro and .online. They were chosen for email addresses. The [pricing page](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "Postelva prices for 14 extensions") shows each price. ### How much does a .com cost, and does the price change? A .com costs $12.49/year. The first year, every renewal and a transfer in cost the same, so there is no promotion and no renewal jump. ### Is Postelva cheaper than Namecheap? Each extension is under Namecheap's regular renewal price read on 12 November 2026, by a median of 30% across the 14 extensions. For a .com it is $12.49/year against $19.98. We do not claim to be the cheapest: Porkbun's .com renewal was $11.81 that day. The Namecheap figures come from the domainoffer.net listing, because namecheap.com refused our reader. ### How long does registration take? The domain is registered usually within minutes of the top-up being credited. We promise no fixed delay for the payment itself, since it depends on confirmation by the blockchain network. ### What happens if the domain cannot be registered? if a domain cannot be registered (taken in the meantime, refused by the registry), the full amount goes back to your balance. You can then choose another name or keep the balance, which never expires. ### Do you ask for an ID? No. There is no ID document, no selfie and no ID number. The only contact data we collect is one email address per domain, which is required, verified and kept private. ### Why must the email address be verified? ICANN rules require the contact email of every domain to be reachable: the registrant email is verified after registration, as ICANN rules require (within 15 days). A domain whose email stays unverified can be suspended, so use an address you keep reading. ### Is the domain in my name? Yes, you are the registrant of record. Domains are registered through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner, and DomaineGoat LLC is not a registrar. With [Domain protection](https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ "What is Domain protection for an email domain?"), the registrant is DomaineGoat LLC and you stay the beneficiary. ### Will my name show in WHOIS? That depends on the registry. WHOIS privacy is free where the registry allows it, and .com and .net are thin registries where Verisign receives no registrant contact data. We never collect a postal address. ### When do you release the data you hold? We release the data we hold only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case. ### How do I connect the domain to Proton Mail? Use the one-click Proton Mail template in the DNS editor, or type the records. The steps and the exact records are in the [Proton Mail setup guide](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain"). ### Which providers have a one-click template? Postelva has one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. ### What about Tuta, Mailbox.org, iCloud+ or Migadu? They have no one-click template here. You copy their MX, TXT and CNAME records into the DNS editor by hand, and the setup guides list each record type. ### Which DNS records can I create? The zone offers free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). Email and URL forwarding are included: free email forwarding and URL forwarding from the client area. ### Can I get help with SPF, DKIM and DMARC? Yes. Support gives email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. The [guides](https://postelva.com/guides/ "Custom email domain setup guides") cover the same records step by step. ### How does renewal work? automatic renewal from your balance, switched on or off for each domain. The renewal costs the same as the first year. If a domain expires, email to it stops once DNS is switched off, so keep enough balance. ### Can I transfer the domain to another registrar? Yes. The transfer (EPP) code is free, requested from the client area, and there is no exit fee. ### What do you do about abuse? Phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims lead to action within 24 hours of a well-documented report. Child sexual abuse material is handled immediately, with a report to the competent hotline or authority. Copyright, defamation, political and competitor complaints lead to no action on the complaint alone: it takes a decision that binds us. See the [abuse page](https://postelva.com/abuse/ "How to report abuse on a Postelva domain"). ### Which coins do you accept, and is there a minimum? The coins are BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. The minimum top-up is $25. Monero is not accepted. ### How does a crypto payment work? Send the exact amount shown, click "I've sent the payment", and wait. The payment is matched by its exact amount and credited once confirmed. The domain then follows from your balance. ### Can I get a refund? The part of a top-up that was added only to reach the minimum is refundable on request within 30 days, in USDT or USDC, if it is unspent. The rest of the balance never expires and is not paid back. ### How do your prices compare with a big registrar? According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, our 14 extensions cost a median 30% less per year than Namecheap's regular renewal price, and a .com is $12.49 against $19.98. Porkbun and Cloudflare Registrar are lower on several extensions: we do not claim to be the cheapest. **Still a question?** Write to support@postelva.com: email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. [Contact us](https://postelva.com/contact/ "How do I contact Postelva?") · [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I get free email forwarding with a custom domain? > Forward Email and Cloudflare Email Routing forward your domain's mail free; ImprovMX Free allows 1 domain and 25 aliases. Limits compared. - URL: https://postelva.com/free-email-forwarding-with-custom-domain/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Forwarding sends mail sent to you@yourdomain.com on to an inbox you already have. Three services do it for free on your own domain, two others do it for aliases only, and every one needs the same two things: a domain and MX records. **Quick answer — How do I get free email forwarding with a custom domain?** Register a domain, point its MX records at a forwarding service, and add rules that send each address to your real inbox. Forward Email, Cloudflare Email Routing and ImprovMX Free all forward at no charge; ImprovMX allows 1 domain and 25 aliases. **Postelva** also includes free email forwarding with each domain. ## Five forwarding services and what their free tier gives, 12 November 2026 *Each figure was read on the service's own pricing or documentation page on 12 November 2026. Prices change; check the page before you rely on one. Postelva has no affiliation with these services.* | Service | Free with your own domain? | Free-tier limits | Sends mail as you@domain? | First paid price shown | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ImprovMX | Yes | 1 domain, 25 aliases, 500 emails forwarded per day | No on Free (0 SMTP sends a month) | Premium $9 a month; Light $50 a year for 5 domains | | Forward Email | Yes | Unlimited domains, unlimited inbound mail, catch-all, 50 MB attachment limit | No on Free | Enhanced Protection $3 a month adds sending | | Cloudflare Email Routing | Yes | Listed for Free and Paid plans; needs Cloudflare DNS; numeric limits are on a separate page | No; sending is a separate Beta service on a Workers Paid plan | No separate price for forwarding | | SimpleLogin | No | 10 aliases at the provider's domain; custom domains not listed on Free | Not covered here | Premium $36 a year or $4 billed monthly, unlimited custom domains | | addy.io | No | Custom domains not included on Free; unlimited standard aliases; 10 MB bandwidth a month | Not covered here | Lite $1 a month billed yearly for 1 domain; Pro $3 for 20 | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## What do I need before I can forward mail from my own domain? **You need a registered domain, DNS you can edit, and a destination inbox that already exists.** Forwarding does not create a mailbox. It receives mail for you@yourdomain.com on a server run by the forwarding service, then re-sends it to the destination address, for example a Proton Mail, Tuta or Fastmail inbox. The DNS part is an [MX record](https://postelva.com/what-is-an-mx-record/ "What is an MX record?"), which tells the world which server accepts mail for the domain. Each forwarding service gives you its own MX values, and most also ask for an SPF record. A domain can hold only one SPF record, so if you already have one, add the new include to it instead of creating a second. At Postelva the domain includes free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13), and free email forwarding and URL forwarding from the client area. If you prefer a third-party forwarder, you type its MX and TXT records into the Postelva DNS editor. Postelva has no one-click template for these forwarders. ## Which free forwarding services work with my own domain? **Three services forward your own domain at no charge: ImprovMX Free, Forward Email Free and Cloudflare Email Routing.** SimpleLogin and addy.io are alias services whose custom-domain support starts on paid plans. - **ImprovMX Free:** 1 domain, 25 aliases and 500 emails forwarded per day, with no SMTP sending. Its Light plan at $50 a year raises the count to 5 domains, with 25 aliases per domain and 150,000 forwarded emails a month. - **Forward Email Free:** unlimited domains, unlimited inbound mail, catch-all addresses, multiple recipients per alias, webhooks and a 50 MB attachment limit. The provider states that the Free plan does not store emails on its servers and describes itself as open source. These are the provider's own claims. - **Cloudflare Email Routing:** available on Free and Paid plans, it forwards incoming messages to destination addresses or processes them with Workers. Cloudflare's setup page says you must be using Cloudflare DNS, and it adds MX records, an SPF TXT record and a DKIM TXT record to the root domain. It does not send mail. - **SimpleLogin:** Free offers 10 aliases and does not list custom domains. Premium costs $36 a year and lists unlimited custom domains plus 5 subdomains. - **addy.io:** Free lists custom domains as not included and gives unlimited standard aliases with 10 MB of bandwidth a month. Lite is $1 a month billed yearly for 1 domain. The catch-all behaviour, which sends every unknown address to one inbox, is covered in the guide on [catch-all addresses and aliases on your own domain](https://postelva.com/guides/catch-all-and-aliases/ "How to use a catch-all address and aliases on your own domain"). ## How many of the forwarding services are really free for a custom domain? **According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, 3 of the 5 forwarding services we read forward a custom domain on a free tier, and none of the 3 sends mail from your address without a paid plan.** ImprovMX and Forward Email list sending as a paid feature, and Cloudflare documents sending as a separate Beta service on a Workers Paid plan. That is the real limit of free forwarding. You can receive at you@yourdomain.com, but a reply leaves from your destination inbox, with a different From address, unless you pay for SMTP or configure sending in the destination mailbox. If you need to send as the address, a mailbox plan such as Proton Mail Plus with a custom domain, or a flat plan at Purelymail or Migadu, is a better fit. The [index of providers with custom domains](https://postelva.com/data/email-provider-custom-domain-index-2026/ "Which email providers support custom domains in 2026?") lists them. ## What goes wrong with forwarded mail? **Forwarded mail passes through an intermediary, and the standards treat that as a case of its own.** ARC, defined in RFC 8617 as an Experimental specification of July 2019, lets intermediaries record authentication results so that forwarded mail can still be assessed by the final receiver. Google's sender rules, in force since 1 February 2024, require SPF, DKIM and a DMARC record from senders of more than 5,000 messages a day to Gmail accounts. A personal forwarding address stays far below that volume, but the same records are still good practice on a domain you use for sending. The practical rules are short: publish one SPF record, which RFC 7208 caps at 10 DNS lookups, and start DMARC at p=none. The page on [SPF, DKIM and DMARC](https://postelva.com/spf-vs-dkim-vs-dmarc/ "SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC: what is the difference?") explains each. Forwarding is also a stopgap, not a destination: it moves new mail only and keeps no archive. ## Where do I get the domain for forwarding? **Any registrar works, and the domain price matters more than the forwarding service, because forwarding itself is free.** Postelva sells 14 extensions paid in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC with no ID, one verified email per domain, and one price every year: a .com is $12.49/year, a .me is $18.49/year. We do not claim to be the cheapest, and the survey of 12 November 2026 compares Namecheap's regular renewal with ours extension by extension. See the page on a [cheap domain for email](https://postelva.com/cheap-domain-for-email/ "Cheap domain for an email address: which one?") for the figures. Postelva sells the domain and does not host mail, so the forwarding and the destination mailbox come from the services above or from the provider you already use. ## Free email forwarding: questions ### Is free email forwarding with my own domain really free? ImprovMX Free, Forward Email Free and Cloudflare Email Routing list a free tier for a custom domain. The domain itself is not free and renews every year. Sending as your address is a paid feature on the two that document it. ### Can I forward email from a custom domain to Gmail or Proton Mail? Yes. A forwarding service accepts mail for your domain and re-sends it to any destination inbox. Pick the destination in the service's dashboard after you add its MX records. ### Do I need Cloudflare to use Cloudflare Email Routing? Yes. Cloudflare's setup page says you must use Cloudflare DNS, which means moving the domain's nameservers to Cloudflare. Other forwarders only need MX and TXT records at your current DNS host. ### Can I use a catch-all with free forwarding? Forward Email Free lists catch-all addresses. ImprovMX and Cloudflare pages did not mention a catch-all in the text we read, so check their dashboards. ### Does Postelva forward email? Yes: Postelva includes free email forwarding and URL forwarding from the client area. It does not host mailboxes. **In summary** - 3 of 5 forwarding services read on 12 November 2026 forward a custom domain for free. - ImprovMX Free: 1 domain, 25 aliases, 500 forwarded emails a day, no sending. - Forward Email Free: unlimited domains, catch-all, 50 MB attachment limit; sending from $3 a month. - Cloudflare Email Routing needs Cloudflare DNS and does not send mail. - SimpleLogin and addy.io offer custom domains on paid plans only. - Forwarding needs a domain and MX records; it moves new mail, not the archive. - Postelva sells the domain (.com $12.49/year, the same every year), paid in crypto, no ID. ## Sources 1. [ImprovMX pricing](https://improvmx.com/pricing/) — ImprovMX (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Forward Email pricing](https://forwardemail.net/en/pricing) — Forward Email (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Cloudflare Email Routing overview](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Cloudflare - Enable Email Routing](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/get-started/enable-email-routing/) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 5. [SimpleLogin pricing](https://simplelogin.io/pricing/) — SimpleLogin (read 2026-11-12) 6. [addy.io pricing](https://addy.io/pricing/) — addy.io (read 2026-11-12) 7. [RFC 8617 - Authenticated Received Chain (ARC)](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8617) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 8. [RFC 7208 - Sender Policy Framework](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7208.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) **Register the domain, forward the mail** Search a name, pay in crypto, and use the free forwarding included with the domain. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # What is a private alternative to Google Workspace for a custom domain email? > Google Workspace Starter lists EUR 6.80 per user a month; Proton Mail Plus is $2.49, Migadu $19 a year, Purelymail $10 a year with your own domain. - URL: https://postelva.com/google-workspace-alternative-for-custom-domain-email/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Google Workspace is the default way to run mail on your own domain. Several smaller providers do the same job for less, with encryption, European law or no per-user billing. Here is what each one offers and what changes when you move. **Quick answer — What is a private alternative to Google Workspace for a custom domain email?** Proton Mail Plus, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail and Migadu all accept your own domain in place of Google Workspace, whose Starter plan lists EUR 6.80 per user a month. Proton Mail Plus starts at $2.49 a month, Migadu at $19 a year. **Postelva** sells only the domain, so you keep the address when you leave. ## Google Workspace and five alternatives for your own domain, 12 November 2026 *Google Workspace price read on workspace.google.com/pricing on 12 November 2026; it is shown in euros, excludes tax and may differ by region. A 50% introductory offer was listed for a later period and is not counted. Other rows come from each provider's official page read the same day.* | Service | Entry plan with a custom domain | Price shown | Billing unit | Domains | Encryption by default | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Google Workspace | Business Starter | EUR 6.80 per user a month, annual commitment, billed monthly; 30 GB per user | Per user | Domain you own | Not assessed on this page | | Proton Mail | Mail Plus | $2.49 a month on a 12-month term (list $4.99) | Per account | 1 (Unlimited: 3) | OpenPGP between Proton users | | Tuta | Revolutionary | Not verified | Per account | 3 (Legend: 10) | Automatic between Tuta users | | Mailbox.org | Standard | EUR 4 a month or EUR 36 a year | Per account | Allowed, limit not stated | Optional PGP | | Fastmail | Individual | EUR 6 a month or EUR 60 a year | Per account | Supported | None; TLS in transit | | Migadu | Micro | $19 a year | Per plan, unlimited mailboxes | Soft limit, almost unlimited | None | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## Why do people look for a Google Workspace alternative? **People leave Google Workspace for three reasons: price per user, the wish for end-to-end encryption, and the wish to move the address to another company's servers.** The first is visible on the pricing page. Workspace bills per user, and its Starter plan was listed at EUR 6.80 a month per user, with Standard at EUR 13.60 and Plus at EUR 21.10, on an annual commitment billed monthly. One person with one address pays the same unit price as a team of ten. The second reason is encryption. Proton Mail encrypts mail between Proton users with OpenPGP, and Tuta encrypts automatically between its own users with its own scheme. The third is portability, which depends on owning the domain and not on the provider. Workspace also demands a domain: you bring one you own, or buy one. That is the opening for a separate registrar. The domain you register at Postelva works with Workspace, with Proton Mail, with Tuta and with any other provider, and a change of provider only touches DNS records. ## Which alternative costs the least with a custom domain? **Zoho Mail Free costs $0 for 1 domain, Purelymail $10 a year, Migadu $19 a year and Proton Mail Plus $2.49 a month on a 12-month term.** According to Postelva's index of 12 November 2026, six of the 14 providers checked have a plan with a custom domain under $5 a month, counting euro prices at face value. Google Workspace Starter, at EUR 6.80 per user, is above that line. The cheaper plans differ in kind. Zoho Mail Free allows up to 5 users with 5 GB each, without IMAP, POP or Exchange ActiveSync. Migadu Micro allows unlimited mailboxes and aliases, capped at 200 messages in and 20 out a day. Purelymail's flat plan has no hard cap on domains or users. Proton Mail Plus allows 1 custom domain and 10 addresses, and its second year costs $47.88. A yearly price comparison is only half the answer: the domain adds a fee. A .com at Postelva is $12.49/year and does not change on renewal. The page on [how much a custom email domain costs](https://postelva.com/how-much-does-a-custom-email-domain-cost/ "How much does a custom email domain cost?") adds both parts together. ## Which alternative is the most private? **Proton Mail and Tuta are the two end-to-end encrypted options with a custom domain, and both are paid plans.** Proton is based in Switzerland and Tuta in Germany. Mailbox.org, also German, offers optional PGP, which is not end-to-end by default. Fastmail and Migadu apply TLS in transit and no end-to-end encryption by default. Encryption only covers messages between users of the same service, or messages you encrypt yourself with PGP or a password. For Proton, mail to outside addresses is not end-to-end encrypted unless you use PGP or password-protected mode, a point not re-verified on an official page on 12 November 2026. Fastmail and Migadu offer no end-to-end encryption by default at all. For a detailed ranking by criteria, see the page on the [best private email provider with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/best-private-email-provider-with-custom-domain/ "Best private email provider with a custom domain 2026"). For payment, Proton accepts Bitcoin as account credit with no autopay, while Tuta takes crypto only through gift cards. ## How do I move from Google Workspace without losing mail? **Import the old mailbox first, change the MX records last, and keep the Workspace account until new mail has arrived.** Forwarding alone moves only new mail, so the archive has to be copied over IMAP before the cutover. The sequence has five steps: 1. Lower the TTL of your MX records to 300 to 600 seconds at least 24 to 48 hours before the move, because a DNS change spreads in about the time of the old TTL. 2. Add the new provider's domain and verify it. 3. Copy the archive with the provider's import tool. 4. Replace the Google MX records with the new provider's, and merge the SPF include into the single existing SPF record, since only one SPF record per domain is valid. 5. Raise the TTL again once mail arrives at the new provider. Leaving the old MX records in place makes delivery unpredictable. The full procedure is in the guide on [moving email to a new provider without losing mail](https://postelva.com/guides/move-email-provider-without-downtime/ "How to move email to a new provider without losing mail"), and the page on how to [keep your email address when changing provider](https://postelva.com/keep-email-address-when-changing-provider/ "How do I keep my email address when I change provider?") explains why the address survives. ## What does Postelva add to a Workspace alternative? **Postelva adds the domain, and only the domain: it does not host mail, so it is not a Workspace replacement on its own.** The mailbox comes from the provider you choose. Postelva registers the domain in your name through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner, takes BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC from a prepaid balance with a $25 minimum, and asks for no ID, only one verified email per domain. It offers one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing, free DNS hosting, and one price every year. We do not claim to be the cheapest. On the survey of 12 November 2026, a .com is $12.49/year against Namecheap's regular renewal of $19.98, which is 37% under it. Postelva is a registrar for private email domains. It lets a person own the part of an address that no mail provider can take back. ## Google Workspace alternatives: questions ### Can I keep my Workspace address when I switch to Proton Mail or Tuta? Yes, if the domain is yours. You add the domain at the new provider, move the MX, SPF and DKIM records, and the address stays the same. An address ending in gmail.com cannot be moved. ### Is there a free alternative to Google Workspace with my own domain? Zoho Mail Free allows 1 domain and up to 5 users with 5 GB each. It has no IMAP, POP or Exchange ActiveSync, and the sixth user moves everyone to a paid plan. ### Which alternative has the most domains? Migadu and Purelymail have no hard cap on domains, and Tuta's top business tier is unlimited. Proton Mail Plus allows 1 domain and Unlimited allows 3. ### Do I lose Google Drive and Calendar when I leave? Mail moves with an IMAP import, but files and calendar data have to be exported separately. Check what each destination provider offers before you cancel Workspace. ### Does Postelva replace Google Workspace? No. Postelva sells the domain only. You pair it with a mailbox from Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail, Migadu or another provider. **In summary** - Google Workspace Business Starter was listed at EUR 6.80 per user a month on 12 November 2026. - Proton Mail Plus: $2.49/month on a 12-month term, 1 domain, 10 addresses. - Migadu Micro: $19/year; Purelymail: $10/year; Zoho Mail Free: $0 for 1 domain. - Proton Mail and Tuta encrypt between their own users by default. - 6 of 14 providers in Postelva's index have a custom-domain plan under $5 a month. - Move by importing the archive first and changing MX last; keep one SPF record. - Postelva sells only the domain (.com $12.49/year, the same every year), paid in crypto, no ID. ## Sources 1. [Google Workspace pricing](https://workspace.google.com/pricing) — Google (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Proton Mail pricing](https://proton.me/mail/pricing) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Proton - Custom domain](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Tuta pricing](https://tuta.com/pricing) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) 5. [mailbox.org prices](https://mailbox.org/en/prices) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Fastmail pricing](https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 7. [Migadu pricing](https://www.migadu.com/pricing/) — Migadu (read 2026-11-12) 8. [Zoho Mail pricing](https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html) — Zoho (read 2026-11-12) 9. [Purelymail pricing](https://purelymail.com/pricing) — Purelymail (read 2026-11-12) **Own the address before you choose the mailbox** Register the domain first, then point it at any provider in this comparison. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Which guide do I need to set up a custom email domain? > 15 guides to connect a custom email domain: 7 provider setups and 8 DNS guides on SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS and delivery problems. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Pick your mail provider for the exact records to enter, or pick a DNS guide for SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS and troubleshooting. **Quick answer — Which guide do I need to set up a custom email domain?** **Postelva** publishes 15 guides: 7 provider setups for Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, iCloud+ and Migadu, and 8 guides on SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS, DNS checks, aliases, delivery problems and moving provider. Start with your provider, then add the three authentication records. ## How each provider is connected at Postelva *Templates exist for five providers; the others use records typed in the DNS editor.* | Provider | Setup at Postelva | Guide | | --- | --- | --- | | Proton Mail | One-click DNS template | Proton Mail custom domain setup | | Fastmail | One-click DNS template | Fastmail custom domain setup | | Zoho Mail | One-click DNS template | Zoho Mail custom domain setup | | Tuta | MX, TXT and CNAME typed in the DNS editor | Tuta custom domain setup | | Mailbox.org | MX, TXT and CNAME typed in the DNS editor | Mailbox.org custom domain setup | | iCloud+ | MX, TXT and CNAME typed in the DNS editor | iCloud+ custom domain setup | | Migadu | MX, TXT and CNAME typed in the DNS editor | Migadu custom domain setup | ## Which provider guide should I follow? **Follow the guide of the provider that will receive your mail; each lists the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records to enter.** The mailbox provider and the domain registrar are two separate services: Postelva sells the domain and hosts its DNS, and the provider supplies the mailbox. Postelva offers one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. Tuta, Mailbox.org, iCloud+ and Migadu have no one-click template, so their records are typed by hand, and each guide says where to copy the exact values. ## Provider setup guides - [Proton Mail custom domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain?") — 2 MX, 1 SPF include, 3 DKIM records - [Tuta custom domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/tuta-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Tuta with a custom domain?") — Records typed by hand, values copied from Tuta - [Mailbox.org custom domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/mailbox-org-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Mailbox.org with your own domain?") — 4 MX, 4 DKIM records, a security-key TXT - [Fastmail custom domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/fastmail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Fastmail with a custom domain?") — 2 MX, 3 DKIM records, SRV auto-discovery - [Zoho Mail free custom domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/zoho-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Zoho Mail free with a custom domain?") — 1 domain and up to 5 users at no cost - [iCloud+ custom email domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/icloud-custom-email-domain-setup/ "How to use a custom email domain with iCloud+?") — Up to 5 domains, 10 addresses each - [Migadu custom domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/migadu-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Migadu with a custom domain?") — Unlimited mailboxes, records copied from the admin - [SimpleLogin custom domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/simplelogin-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up SimpleLogin with a custom domain?") — Aliases on your own domain: MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC - [addy.io custom domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/addy-io-custom-domain-setup/ "How to use addy.io with a custom domain?") — Unlimited aliases on your domain, from the Lite plan - [Purelymail custom domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/purelymail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Purelymail with a custom domain?") — Low-cost mailbox: ownership TXT, MX, SPF, DKIM - [Mailfence custom domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/mailfence-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up a custom domain with Mailfence?") — Paid plans: MX and SPF, DKIM generated per account - [Gmail with your own domain](https://postelva.com/guides/gmail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to use Gmail with a custom domain?") — Forwarding and Send mail as, or Google Workspace - [Cloudflare Email Routing setup](https://postelva.com/guides/cloudflare-email-routing-setup/ "How to set up Cloudflare Email Routing with your own domain?") — Free forwarding on Cloudflare nameservers ## Which DNS and mail-flow guide should I read? **Read the DNS guides after the provider setup, because they make the domain trusted by receivers and help when mail goes missing.** SPF lists the servers allowed to send for your domain and may use at most 10 DNS lookups (RFC 7208). DKIM signs each message. DMARC, defined since May 2026 by RFC 9989, tells receivers what to do when both fail. The difference between the three is in [SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC](https://postelva.com/spf-vs-dkim-vs-dmarc/ "SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC: what is the difference?"). ## DNS and mail-flow guides - [How to create an SPF record](https://postelva.com/guides/spf-record-setup/ "How do I create an SPF record for a custom domain?") — One record, at most 10 lookups, ~all or -all - [How to set up DKIM](https://postelva.com/guides/dkim-setup/ "How do I set up DKIM for a custom email domain?") — Selectors, CNAME or TXT keys - [How to set up DMARC](https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ "How do I set up DMARC, from p=none to p=reject?") — From p=none to p=reject, RFC 9989 - [How to set up MTA-STS and TLS-RPT](https://postelva.com/guides/mta-sts-setup/ "How do I set up MTA-STS and TLS-RPT for my domain?") — RFC 8461 and RFC 8460 - [How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How do I check my MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records?") — dig, nslookup and online checkers - [How to use a catch-all address and aliases](https://postelva.com/guides/catch-all-and-aliases/ "How do I use a catch-all address and aliases on my own domain?") — Which providers allow it - [Why is email not arriving at my custom domain?](https://postelva.com/guides/email-not-arriving-custom-domain/ "Why is email not arriving at my custom domain?") — Eight causes with fixes - [How to move email to a new provider without losing mail](https://postelva.com/guides/move-email-provider-without-downtime/ "How do I move email to a new provider without losing mail?") — TTL, overlap, import ## In what order should I do the steps? **Register the domain, add it at the provider, enter the MX records, then SPF, DKIM and DMARC.** According to Postelva's index of 12 November 2026, a Proton Mail domain needs 8 records, a Mailbox.org domain 11 and a Fastmail domain 6 without DMARC, so a checklist saves time. Postelva registers the domain usually within minutes of the top-up being credited, hosts the DNS for free (free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13)) and answers questions by email: email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. If you have no domain yet, read [what a custom email domain is](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?") and [how Postelva works](https://postelva.com/how-it-works/ "How does Postelva work?"). A .com costs $12.49/year a year, the same at every renewal, and you can see all extensions in the [price list](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "Domain prices at Postelva"). ## Do I need every guide? **No: a working mailbox needs the provider guide and the three authentication records, and the rest are for specific situations.** Most people read one provider guide, then SPF, DKIM and DMARC. MTA-STS is an extra layer that tells sending servers to refuse delivery to your mail host without a valid TLS certificate (RFC 8461); it matters little for a personal mailbox but costs nothing to add. The guide on checking records is the one to keep open while you work, because every change is confirmed by looking the record up. The guides assume that your domain is registered with Postelva, which means the DNS editor in the client area is where each record goes. They also work if the domain sits at another registrar: the records are the same, only the editor differs. All values come from the providers' own pages, read on 12 November 2026; where a provider page could not be read, the guide says so and sends you to the provider's admin screen. **In summary** - 15 guides: 7 provider setups and 8 DNS and mail-flow guides. - One-click templates: Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail. - Typed records: Tuta, Mailbox.org, iCloud+, Migadu. - Order: domain, provider, MX, then SPF, DKIM and DMARC. - SPF: one record, at most 10 DNS lookups. - DMARC is defined by RFC 9989 since May 2026. - A .com costs $12.49/year a year at Postelva. ## Sources 1. [RFC 7208: Sender Policy Framework](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7208.html#section-4.6.4) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 2. [RFC 9989: DMARC](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9989) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Custom domain from Namecheap (MX values)](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain-namecheap) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 4. [mailbox.org KB: custom domain](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/using-emails-with-a-custom-domain/) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Default DNS records](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060591153) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How to use addy.io with a custom domain? > addy.io needs a Lite plan (1 domain) or Pro (20) and 7 DNS records: a unique aa-verify TXT, 2 MX at 10 and 20, SPF, 2 DKIM CNAMEs and DMARC. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/addy-io-custom-domain-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) addy.io is an alias forwarder: mail to anything@yourdomain is relayed to your real inbox. You prove the domain once, then point two MX records at its servers. **Quick answer — How to use addy.io with a custom domain?** Subscribe to addy.io Lite or Pro, add an aa-verify TXT record at host @, enter the domain, then publish MX mail.anonaddy.me (10) and mail2.anonaddy.me (20), SPF, two DKIM CNAMEs and DMARC. That makes 7 records. **Postelva** registers the domain and hosts the DNS. ## The seven DNS records for an addy.io domain *From addy.io's help article Adding a custom domain, read 12 November 2026. The aa-verify value is unique to your account and is shown in the Add new domain dialog.* | Record | Type | Host | Value | Priority | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Ownership | TXT | @ | aa-verify=... (your unique value) | - | | Mail 1 | MX | @ | mail.anonaddy.me. | 10 | | Mail 2 | MX | @ | mail2.anonaddy.me. | 20 | | SPF | TXT | @ | v=spf1 include:spf.anonaddy.me -all | - | | DKIM 1 | CNAME | dk1._domainkey | dk1._domainkey.anonaddy.me. | - | | DKIM 2 | CNAME | dk2._domainkey | dk2._domainkey.anonaddy.me. | - | | DMARC | TXT | _dmarc | v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; adkim=s | - | ## Steps for a domain bought at Postelva 1. **Register the domain** — Buy it in the Postelva client area and use its DNS editor for the records below. 2. **Take a paid addy.io plan** — Free accounts cannot add custom domains. Lite allows one, while Pro, Duo and Family allow twenty. 3. **Publish the ownership TXT** — Open the Add new domain dialog, copy the aa-verify string, create a TXT record at host @, then type the bare domain such as example.com and click Add Domain. 4. **Add the mail records** — Click Check Records on the new domain and add the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records from the table. For receiving only, the two MX records are enough. 5. **Check records again** — After propagation click Check Records. A green status in the Verified Records column means the domain is fully set up; red means MX or the sending records still need fixing. *The addy.io zone for example.com* ```dns example.com. TXT "aa-verify=" example.com. MX 10 mail.anonaddy.me. example.com. MX 20 mail2.anonaddy.me. example.com. TXT "v=spf1 include:spf.anonaddy.me -all" dk1._domainkey.example.com. CNAME dk1._domainkey.anonaddy.me. dk2._domainkey.example.com. CNAME dk2._domainkey.anonaddy.me. _dmarc.example.com. TXT "v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; adkim=s" ``` ## Which addy.io plans allow a custom domain? **Only paid plans do: Lite allows 1 custom domain, and Pro, Duo and Family allow 20.** The addy.io help article read on 12 November 2026 states that free accounts cannot add custom domains. The prices of the plans were not read from an official page today, so check them in your addy.io account before you subscribe. The domain you add must be a bare name such as example.com, with no protocol and no path, and it cannot already be a verified recipient address on your account. Because one Lite slot covers a single domain, pick the name you intend to keep for years. A name registered at Postelva costs the same every year, for example $12.49/year for a .com, so the slot never ends up attached to a domain whose renewal price jumps. See [how much a custom email domain costs](https://postelva.com/how-much-does-a-custom-email-domain-cost/ "How much does a custom email domain cost?") for the full picture. ## Can you delete the ownership record after setup? **Yes, addy.io says the aa-verify record can be removed once the domain has been added.** Keep it if you prefer a complete zone you can audit later; deleting it does not affect mail flow. For a subdomain, the same article says to replace the @ host with the subdomain label, and the mail records then use that label in their hosts as well. Two details trip people up. The MX values and the DKIM targets in the documentation end with a dot, which marks them as absolute names; many DNS editors append the domain automatically if the dot is missing, producing a broken name. And the DMARC record shown is a ready-made value rather than something unique to you, but you can tighten or relax it later following [how to set up DMARC](https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ "How to set up DMARC: p=none to p=reject"). ## What do you get when the domain is verified? **You can create aliases on your domain that forward to your real inbox and, with the sending records, reply from them.** The help center lists separate articles for choosing a default recipient per domain, changing the display name used on the domain's aliases, and a catch-all with an alias auto-create regex. Domains can also be deactivated or deleted from the same list. According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, addy.io's published apex setup counts 7 records, of which only 2 MX records are required to receive forwarded mail, and a .com at Postelva is $12.49/year. The DNS editor supports free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). To compare this with plain forwarding, read [free email forwarding with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/free-email-forwarding-with-custom-domain/ "Free email forwarding with a custom domain"); for the alias patterns, see [how to use a catch-all address and aliases](https://postelva.com/guides/catch-all-and-aliases/ "How to use a catch-all address and aliases on your own domain"). addy.io uses two MX records for a custom domain, mail.anonaddy.me at priority 10 and mail2.anonaddy.me at priority 20, and an SPF that ends in -all. ## Questions about addy.io and custom domains ### Is the aa-verify value the same for every domain? No. Each domain gets its own string in the Add new domain dialog, so copy it from your account instead of from a guide. ### Which records do I need only to receive mail? The two MX records. Sending and replying from an alias also needs the SPF record, both DKIM CNAMEs and the DMARC record. ### Why does my domain show red in Verified Records? Red means either the MX records or one of the sending records (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) does not match. Fix the line, wait for propagation and click Check Records again. ### Does addy.io offer a mailbox? Its help pages describe forwarding and replying from aliases to a recipient you already have. Plan a separate inbox for the final destination. **In summary** - Custom domains need a paid addy.io plan: Lite allows 1, Pro, Duo and Family allow 20. - 7 records: aa-verify TXT, 2 MX, SPF, 2 DKIM CNAMEs, DMARC. - MX: mail.anonaddy.me. (10) and mail2.anonaddy.me. (20). - SPF: v=spf1 include:spf.anonaddy.me -all. - DKIM: dk1._domainkey and dk2._domainkey point to anonaddy.me. - The aa-verify value is unique and can be removed after the domain is added. - Postelva: .com is $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [addy.io - Adding a custom domain](https://addy.io/help/adding-a-custom-domain/) — addy.io (read 2026-11-12) 2. [addy.io - Custom Domains help category](https://addy.io/help/category/domains/) — addy.io (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I use a catch-all address and aliases on my own domain? > A catch-all sends every unused name at your domain to one inbox. Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org and Fastmail document it. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/catch-all-and-aliases/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) With your own domain you can hand out a different address to every website and read all of them in one mailbox. This guide shows how a catch-all and aliases work, and what each provider allows. **Quick answer — How do I use a catch-all address and aliases on my own domain?** A catch-all delivers every message sent to an unused name at your domain, such as shop@yourname.com, into one mailbox, while an alias is a named address you create on purpose. **Postelva** sells the domain; Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org and Fastmail each document a catch-all, and Mailbox.org Standard allows 50 aliases. ## Catch-all and alias limits by provider *Plan data read on the providers' own pages on 12 November 2026. "Not stated" means the page read gave no figure.* | Provider and plan | Catch-all | Addresses or aliases on a custom domain | Where to set it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Proton Mail Plus (1 custom domain) | Yes | 10 addresses | In the web app, from the domain settings | | Proton Unlimited (3 custom domains) | Yes | 15 extra addresses per the plan page; other sources say 15 in total (not verified) | In the web app, from the domain settings | | Tuta (Revolutionary, Legend) | Yes, one per custom domain | Plan table and page text disagree (not verified) | Global Settings > Custom email domains > catch-all | | Mailbox.org Standard | Yes, one account per domain | 50 aliases | An alias written as @yourname.com | | Mailbox.org Premium | Yes, one account per domain | 250 aliases | An alias written as @yourname.com | | Fastmail (Individual, Duo, Family) | Yes, wildcard alias | Many custom addresses | Settings > My email addresses | | Migadu (all plans) | Not stated | Unlimited mailboxes and aliases | Migadu admin panel | | iCloud+ | Not stated | Up to 10 addresses per domain, up to 5 domains | iCloud settings | | Zoho Mail Free | Not stated | Up to 5 users, 1 domain | Zoho admin console | ## What is the difference between an alias and a catch-all? **An alias is an address you create by name, and a catch-all is a rule that accepts every name you did not create.** Both land in a mailbox you already have. If you create the alias bank@yourname.com, only mail to that exact name arrives. If you switch on the catch-all, mail to anything@yourname.com arrives, including names you never thought of. The two work together. The mailbox keeps a short list of named aliases, and the catch-all picks up the rest. At Fastmail a specific alias wins over the catch-all, so a named address is never swallowed by the wildcard. This is only possible because the domain is yours. An address at a provider's own domain, such as @proton.me, @tuta.com or @mailbox.org, belongs to that provider: if you leave, you lose it. An address at your own domain moves with you, which is the point of a [custom email domain](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?"). ## Which providers support a catch-all on a custom domain? **Four providers document a catch-all in the help pages Postelva read: Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org and Fastmail.** Zoho Mail, Migadu, iCloud+ and the other providers in the index may offer a similar feature, but the pages read on 12 November 2026 did not say so, and Postelva does not state it as a fact. According to Postelva's index of 12 November 2026, 4 of the 14 providers checked document a catch-all for custom domains, and all 4 limit it to paid plans. Nothing at a provider changes your domain: the domain is registered at Postelva, and the provider only receives the mail that your MX records send to it. ## How do I set up a catch-all at each provider? **The steps differ, but every provider asks for the domain to be verified and its MX records to be live first.** Finish the provider setup before you switch the catch-all on. ### How do I set a catch-all at Mailbox.org? **Create an alias whose local part is empty, written @yourname.com.** Only one account can hold the catch-all of a domain. If the catch-all attracts too much spam, Mailbox.org lets you block it. The domain itself comes first: see [how to set up Mailbox.org with your own domain](https://postelva.com/guides/mailbox-org-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Mailbox.org with your own domain"). ### How do I set a catch-all at Tuta? **Open Global Settings, then Custom email domains, use the three-dot menu of the domain and choose the catch-all mailbox.** The catch-all is set per custom domain and works on any paid plan that includes custom domains. ### How do I set a catch-all at Fastmail? **Add a wildcard alias under Settings > My email addresses.** Fastmail also supports plus addressing and subdomain addressing, where a tag goes in front of a subdomain, so you can sort mail without creating anything. Domain steps are in the [Fastmail custom domain guide](https://postelva.com/guides/fastmail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Fastmail with a custom domain"). ### How do I set a catch-all at Proton Mail? **Proton Mail lists the catch-all among the features of paid plans with a custom domain.** Mail Plus covers 1 custom domain and 10 addresses; Proton Unlimited covers 3 domains. The domain setup, with its two MX records and three DKIM records, is in the [Proton Mail custom domain guide](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain"). ## Does plus addressing work on a custom domain? **Plus addressing sends name+word@yourname.com to the inbox of name@yourname.com, and support depends on the provider.** Proton Mail supports it with no setup. Fastmail supports plus addressing and also subdomain addressing. Tuta's support states that it does not support plus addressing on Tuta-owned domains. For a custom domain, no official page read on 12 November 2026 confirmed the behaviour at Proton or Tuta, so test it with one message before you rely on it. A catch-all gives the same result with a stronger property: a site cannot guess your real address by deleting the part after the plus sign, because the whole name is different. ## Is a catch-all a good idea? **A catch-all is useful for identifying who leaks your address and risky because it also receives guessed names.** The privacy argument is simple: one address per website means a spam source can be traced, and one breached address does not expose the other accounts. Fastmail published this argument as a way to see which companies sell your data. The cost is spam. Bots try common names at every domain, and the catch-all accepts them. A workable rule is to use the catch-all for registrations and newsletters, give real contacts a named alias, and switch the catch-all off or block it if the volume grows. The routing of every message still depends on the MX records, so if mail for a name does not arrive, read [why email is not arriving at a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/email-not-arriving-custom-domain/ "Why is email not arriving at my custom domain?"). ## Can I forward a name without a mailbox? **Yes: Postelva offers free email forwarding and URL forwarding from the client area.** Forwarding relays one name to an address you already read, which suits a domain that has no mailbox. Choose one route for each domain: the MX records decide where mail for the domain is delivered, so a domain that points its MX records at Proton Mail, Tuta or Mailbox.org uses the aliases of that provider instead. In short, Postelva is the place where you buy the domain and keep its DNS, and the mailbox provider is the place where the aliases live. Both pieces stay under your control. ## Catch-all and aliases: questions ### Does a catch-all work without a mailbox plan? No. A catch-all delivers into a mailbox, so it needs a provider plan that accepts your domain. If you only want to relay a name to an existing address, use the free forwarding in the client area. ### How many aliases can I create at Mailbox.org? Mailbox.org Standard allows 50 aliases for custom domains and Premium allows 250, on the prices page read on 12 November 2026. Only one account can hold the catch-all of a domain. ### Can two people share one catch-all? Not at Mailbox.org, where one account holds the catch-all of a domain. For a household, give each person a named address and keep the catch-all in one mailbox. ### Will the catch-all fill my inbox with spam? It can, because it accepts guessed names such as info@ or admin@. Mailbox.org lets you block the catch-all, and at Fastmail a named alias is delivered before the wildcard is applied. ### Do aliases change when I move to another provider? The addresses stay, but the alias list lives at the provider and must be recreated at the new one. Write the list down before you change the MX records. **In summary** - A catch-all delivers every unused name at your domain to one mailbox. - An alias is a named address; at Fastmail it wins over the catch-all. - Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org and Fastmail document a catch-all; 4 of 14 providers in the index. - Mailbox.org: 50 aliases (Standard), 250 (Premium), one catch-all account per domain. - Proton Mail Plus: 1 custom domain, 10 addresses; Proton Unlimited: 3 domains. - Plus addressing: Proton and Fastmail yes; Tuta no on its own domains. - Aliases live at the provider; the domain is yours and moves with you. ## Sources 1. [mailbox.org KB: catch-all alias with a custom domain](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/how-to-set-up-a-catch-all-alias-with-a-custom-domain-name) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 2. [mailbox.org prices](https://mailbox.org/en/prices) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Catchall / wildcard aliases](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000277942-Catchall-Wildcard-aliases) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Plus addressing and subdomain addressing](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060591053) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Use unique email addresses to catch companies selling your data](https://www.fastmail.com/blog/use-unique-email-addresses-to-catch-companies-selling-your-data/) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Proton Mail pricing](https://proton.me/mail/pricing) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 7. [Creating aliases](https://proton.me/support/creating-aliases) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 8. [How to get a domain name and email](https://tuta.com/blog/own-domain-email) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I check my MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records? > Check email DNS with dig MX, dig TXT, dig CNAME on the _domainkey name and dig TXT _dmarc: 6 lookups cover a full Proton Mail setup of 8 records. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Four record types, one command line tool. Run the lookups after every change and before you tighten any policy. **Quick answer — How do I check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records?** Run dig MX yourdomain +short for MX, dig TXT yourdomain +short for SPF, dig CNAME selector._domainkey.yourdomain +short for DKIM and dig TXT _dmarc.yourdomain +short for DMARC. On Windows, nslookup does the same. A full Proton Mail setup on a **Postelva** domain takes 6 lookups for 8 records. ## Which lookup checks which record | Record | dig command | What a correct answer looks like | | --- | --- | --- | | MX | dig MX example.com +short | 10 mail.protonmail.ch. and 20 mailsec.protonmail.ch. (Proton Mail) | | SPF | dig TXT example.com +short | One line starting v=spf1, for example "v=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch ~all" | | DKIM | dig CNAME fm1._domainkey.example.com +short | The provider's target, for example fm1.example.com.dkim.fmhosted.com. (Fastmail) | | DMARC | dig TXT _dmarc.example.com +short | One line starting v=DMARC1, for example "v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@example.com" | | MTA-STS (optional) | dig TXT _mta-sts.example.com +short | "v=STSv1; id=..." | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* *The lookups with dig, nslookup and PowerShell* ```bash # dig (macOS, Linux, Windows with BIND tools) dig MX example.com +short dig TXT example.com +short dig CNAME protonmail._domainkey.example.com +short dig TXT _dmarc.example.com +short # Ask the authoritative nameserver directly, skipping caches dig NS example.com +short dig MX example.com +short @ns1.your-nameserver.example # nslookup (Windows, macOS, Linux) nslookup -type=MX example.com nslookup -type=TXT _dmarc.example.com # PowerShell Resolve-DnsName -Type MX example.com Resolve-DnsName -Type TXT _dmarc.example.com ``` ## How do I check an MX record? **Run dig MX with your domain and +short, and compare the priorities and host names with the values your provider gave you.** The answer prints one line per record: the priority, a space and the host. For Proton Mail you expect 10 mail.protonmail.ch. and 20 mailsec.protonmail.ch.; for Fastmail 10 in1-smtp.messagingengine.com. and 20 in2-smtp.messagingengine.com.; for Mailbox.org four mxext hosts. Two problems show up here. A record of the previous provider still in the list makes delivery unpredictable, so delete it. And an empty answer means no MX: senders then fall back to the address record of the domain, as RFC 5321 describes. What each line means is explained in [what an MX record is](https://postelva.com/what-is-an-mx-record/ "What is an MX record?"). ## How do I check an SPF record? **Ask for the TXT records at the root of the domain and confirm that exactly one line starts with v=spf1.** The root also holds other TXT records, such as the ownership proof of your email provider, so read the whole list. Two lines starting with v=spf1 are an error: RFC 7208 returns a permanent error when a domain has more than one SPF record. Then count the lookups. Each include, a, mx, ptr and exists, plus the redirect modifier, counts toward the limit of 10, and an include also counts what is nested inside it. A record over the limit fails for every sender. The creation of the record is detailed in [how to create an SPF record](https://postelva.com/guides/spf-record-setup/ "How to create an SPF record for a custom domain"). ## How do I check DKIM when I do not know the selector? **Use the selector of your provider: you cannot list selectors from DNS, so take them from the provider's DKIM screen.** DNS does not allow a listing of the names under _domainkey. The selectors are protonmail, protonmail2 and protonmail3 at Proton Mail, fm1, fm2 and fm3 at Fastmail, and MBO0001 to MBO0004 at Mailbox.org. The lookup name is selector._domainkey.yourdomain. A provider that uses CNAME records, as these three do, answers with a CNAME to its own host. A provider that publishes the key directly answers with a TXT record that contains v=DKIM1 and p= followed by the public key. An empty p= means the key is revoked. The strongest test is a real message, because a record that exists can still be unused: send a mail to another provider and read dkim=pass in the full headers. ## How do I check a DMARC record? **Ask for the TXT record at _dmarc.yourdomain and confirm one line that starts with v=DMARC1 and holds a p= policy.** If p is missing, receivers treat the policy as none. If the line has no rua, no aggregate reports are produced and the monitoring stage of [the DMARC rollout](https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ "How to set up DMARC: p=none to p=reject") tells you nothing. Records written in the older style may still carry a pct tag, which RFC 9989 removed. A subdomain without its own record falls under the policy of the parent through the DNS tree walk, with at most eight queries. A lookup of a name that has no record returns nothing, which is the same as no DMARC. ## Why does my lookup still show the old value? **A cache holds the old answer until its TTL runs out, and a missing record can be cached too.** The time a change takes to spread is about the old TTL on the record at the moment you changed it. Vendor guidance puts a usual MX change at one to four hours, and up to 24 to 48 hours in the worst case. RFC 2308 adds that negative answers are cached with the TTL from the zone's SOA record, so a record you just created can seem absent at some resolvers. To skip the caches, ask the authoritative nameserver: find it with dig NS, then repeat the query with @ and its name, as in the code block above. If the authoritative server shows the new value and your resolver does not, wait. If neither does, the record was not saved or the host name is wrong, most often because the DNS editor added the domain a second time. If mail still does not arrive after the records look right, go to [why email is not arriving at a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/email-not-arriving-custom-domain/ "Why is email not arriving at my custom domain?"). ## Which online tools can check email records? **Any online DNS lookup or mail authentication checker that queries the public DNS gives the same answer as dig, with a friendlier display.** Use one that shows the raw record text, so that you can compare it character by character with your provider's value. Do not paste private data into it: the domain name is all it needs. According to Postelva's count of 12 November 2026, a full Proton Mail setup takes 8 records (1 verification TXT, 2 MX, 1 SPF, 3 DKIM, 1 DMARC) and 6 lookups, because the two MX records share one query and the verification and SPF records share the root TXT query. Save the six commands once and rerun them after each change. The same records are compared in [SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC](https://postelva.com/spf-vs-dkim-vs-dmarc/ "SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC: what is the difference?"). A citable rule: after every DNS change, query the four record types and send a test message; a record is correct only when the lookup and the message agree. ## Checking email records: questions ### Why does dig print TXT values in quotes? The quotes mark the boundaries of the TXT strings. A value longer than 255 characters appears as several quoted strings, which receivers join without a space. ### Does dig work on Windows? Only if you install the BIND tools. Windows has nslookup built in, and PowerShell has Resolve-DnsName, which both read the same records. ### How can I see the SPF, DKIM and DMARC result of a real message? Open the full headers of a received message. The receiving server records its SPF, DKIM and DMARC results in the headers, normally as pass or fail. ### How long should I wait before I decide that a record is wrong? Wait at least the TTL the old record had, then query the authoritative nameserver. If that server shows the wrong value, the record needs correcting. ### Can I check records for a domain that is not mine? Yes. DNS records are public, and a lookup needs only the name. **In summary** - MX: dig MX example.com +short; compare priorities and hosts with your provider. - SPF: dig TXT example.com +short; exactly one line starting v=spf1, at most 10 lookups. - DKIM: dig CNAME selector._domainkey.example.com +short, with the selector from your provider. - DMARC: dig TXT _dmarc.example.com +short; one line starting v=DMARC1 with p= and rua=. - A full Proton Mail setup is 8 records and 6 lookups. - Ask the authoritative nameserver to skip caches; a change takes about the old TTL to spread. - Postelva hosts the records in free DNS; a .com costs $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [RFC 5321, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, section 5.1](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5321.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 2. [RFC 7208, Sender Policy Framework](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7208.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 3. [RFC 6376, DKIM Signatures](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6376.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 4. [RFC 9989, DMARC](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9989.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 5. [RFC 2308, Negative Caching of DNS Queries](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2308) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 6. [How long does it take for DNS record changes to propagate](https://www.suped.com/knowledge/email-deliverability/technical/how-long-does-it-take-for-dns-record-changes-to-propagate) — Suped (read 2026-11-12) 7. [Custom domain and anti-spoofing](https://proton.me/support/anti-spoofing-custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How to set up Cloudflare Email Routing with your own domain? > Cloudflare Email Routing needs Cloudflare DNS and adds 3 MX, an SPF and a DKIM record; limits are 200 rules per domain and 25 MiB per message. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/cloudflare-email-routing-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Email Routing turns addresses on your domain into forwards to inboxes you already have. It receives mail only, and it requires Cloudflare to run the domain's DNS. **Quick answer — How to set up Cloudflare Email Routing with your own domain?** Put the domain on Cloudflare's nameservers, then choose Onboard Domain in Email Routing. Cloudflare adds three MX records, an SPF record and a DKIM record, and you verify a destination address before creating rules, up to 200 per domain. It cannot send. **Postelva** registers the domain and lets you set the nameservers. ## Cloudflare Email Routing: records and limits, 12 November 2026 *Taken from Cloudflare's developer documentation. The page does not print the DKIM value, which differs per domain.* | Item | Value | | --- | --- | | DNS requirement | The domain must use Cloudflare DNS | | MX records (host @) | route1.mx.cloudflare.net, route2.mx.cloudflare.net, route3.mx.cloudflare.net; priority assigned automatically | | SPF record (TXT, host @) | v=spf1 include:_spf.mx.cloudflare.net ~all | | DKIM record (TXT) | Selector cf2024-1._domainkey; value shown in the dashboard | | Routing rules per domain | 200 | | Destination addresses per account | 200, shared across the domains of the account | | Inbound message size | 25 MiB | | Sending from your domain | Not supported | | Propagation | Up to 24 hours; usually 5 to 15 minutes on Cloudflare DNS | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## What do you need before you start? **You need a domain whose DNS is run by Cloudflare, plus at least one existing inbox to forward to.** Cloudflare's page states that you must be using Cloudflare DNS, so a domain bought elsewhere has to be added to a Cloudflare account and have its nameservers replaced. The nameserver change is made where the domain is registered. At Postelva the DNS tab accepts your own nameservers, from 2 to 13, besides the free hosting of free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). Cloudflare's own steps tell you to copy the two assigned nameserver names exactly, and to turn DNSSEC off at the registrar first if it is on, then switch it back on once the domain shows as Active. Allow up to 24 hours for activation. ## Steps to enable Email Routing 1. **Add the domain to Cloudflare** — In the dashboard open Domains, choose Onboard a domain and type the apex domain, such as example.com. 2. **Replace the nameservers** — Copy the two nameservers Cloudflare assigns and enter them at the place where the domain is registered. Wait until the status reads Active. 3. **Onboard the domain in Email Routing** — Go to Compute, Email Service, Email Routing, choose Onboard Domain, pick the domain, review the DNS records if you wish and select Done. 4. **Verify a destination address** — Under Destination Addresses enter the inbox that should receive mail, open the verification message and select Verify email address. 5. **Create a routing rule** — Under Routing Rules choose Create routing rule, type the part before the @ as the email pattern, pick your domain, choose Send to an email and select the verified destination. ## Which DNS records does Cloudflare add? **Onboarding adds MX records, an SPF record and a DKIM record on the root domain.** The three MX hosts are route1, route2 and route3 under mx.cloudflare.net, and Cloudflare assigns their priorities itself, so you do not type a number. The SPF value is v=spf1 include:_spf.mx.cloudflare.net ~all. If the domain already has an SPF record, merge the Cloudflare include into it rather than adding a second record; a domain may publish only one, and SPF counts at most 10 DNS lookups. The merge is explained in [how to create an SPF record](https://postelva.com/guides/spf-record-setup/ "How to create an SPF record for a custom domain"). Routing records belong on the root domain, not on a subdomain. Because the page states that Email Routing requires Cloudflare MX records, it cannot run beside an external mail server on the same domain. *Records Email Routing creates for example.com* ```dns example.com. MX route1.mx.cloudflare.net. ; priority set by Cloudflare example.com. MX route2.mx.cloudflare.net. ; priority set by Cloudflare example.com. MX route3.mx.cloudflare.net. ; priority set by Cloudflare example.com. TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.mx.cloudflare.net ~all" cf2024-1._domainkey.example.com. TXT "" ``` ## What happens if the domain already has MX records? **Onboarding fails with error 2008, Non-Cloudflare MX records exist, until you delete the old MX records.** Delete your previous provider's lines and add the Cloudflare ones straight afterwards, because Cloudflare notes there is a brief window with no MX record at all. If the old mailbox still holds mail you need, copy it out before the cutover; the order of work is in [how to keep your email address when changing provider](https://postelva.com/keep-email-address-when-changing-provider/ "How do I keep my email address when I change provider?"). Afterwards, verify with the checks in [how to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records"). ## How do addresses, plus addressing and catch-all work? **Each rule maps one address pattern to one destination, and a catch-all rule sends every other address on the domain to a single destination.** The catch-all also receives misspelled local parts. Turn it on under Routing Rules, choose an action and save. Plus addressing works: mail to user+detail@example.com matches the user@example.com rule and keeps the +detail part. The actions are Send to an email, Send to a Worker, and Drop, which deletes matching mail without routing it and so can make an address look valid while discarding what arrives. A rule stays disabled until its destination is verified. To send one pattern to several inboxes you need a Worker that calls forward once per destination. More ideas for aliases are in [how to use a catch-all address and aliases](https://postelva.com/guides/catch-all-and-aliases/ "How to use a catch-all address and aliases on your own domain"). ## What are the limits of Email Routing? **Each domain holds 200 rules, each account 200 destination addresses, and an incoming message may be 25 MiB at most.** Larger messages are rejected. Incoming mail must pass SPF or carry a valid DKIM signature, and Email Routing honours the sender's DMARC policy, so strict senders can see forwards fail. For forwarded mail Cloudflare adds two DKIM signatures, one for email.cloudflare.net and one for your domain. The largest limit is functional: Cloudflare's page says Email Routing does not support sending or replying from your Cloudflare domain, and replies go to the destination address. To answer as you@yourdomain.com you need another sender, such as the Send mail as setting described in [how to use Gmail with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/gmail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to use Gmail with a custom domain"), or a mailbox provider. ## How many records does Email Routing add compared with a mailbox? **Email Routing adds five records, fewer than a mailbox provider asks you to type.** According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, Email Routing creates 5 DNS records (3 MX, 1 SPF, 1 DKIM), against 8 for a Proton Mail custom domain and 7 for addy.io, counted from the setup pages of each. A domain at Postelva costs $12.49/year for a .com in the first year and every year after, so the forwarding stack costs only the domain plus whatever inbox you forward to. Postelva sells the domain, not the mailbox, and also offers its own free email forwarding and URL forwarding from the client area for people who do not want to move nameservers. The trade-off against a registrar is covered in [the Cloudflare Registrar alternative for email domains](https://postelva.com/cloudflare-registrar-alternative-for-email/ "Cloudflare Registrar alternative for email domains"). ## Cloudflare Email Routing questions ### Do I have to buy the domain from Cloudflare? No. Cloudflare's steps cover domains held at another registrar: you add the domain to your account and replace the nameservers at the registrar. Domains bought through Cloudflare Registrar already use its DNS. ### Can Email Routing send mail from my domain? No. The documentation says it does not support sending or replying from your Cloudflare domain. Replies go to the destination address. ### How long does setup take? Cloudflare says DNS changes can take up to 24 hours globally and usually complete within 5 to 15 minutes on Cloudflare DNS. Nameserver activation can take up to 24 hours. ### Why does the destination address need verification? Rules stay disabled until the destination confirms a verification message. Verified destinations belong to the account and can be reused across its domains. ### Can I use Email Routing with Proton Mail or Fastmail on the same domain? Not on the same domain. The page says Email Routing requires Cloudflare MX records, so it cannot run next to an external mail server. Use one or the other. **In summary** - Email Routing needs the domain on Cloudflare DNS. - Records added: 3 MX (route1, route2, route3 at mx.cloudflare.net), 1 SPF, 1 DKIM. - SPF value: v=spf1 include:_spf.mx.cloudflare.net ~all; merge it with any existing SPF. - Old MX records must be deleted first (error 2008). - Limits: 200 rules per domain, 200 destinations per account, 25 MiB per message. - It receives and forwards only; it cannot send from your domain. - Postelva: .com is $12.49/year every year; own nameservers allowed. ## Sources 1. [Enable Email Routing](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/get-started/enable-email-routing/) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Email Routing DNS records](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/setup/email-routing-dns-records/) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Email Routing addresses](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/setup/email-routing-addresses/) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Email Service limits](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-service/platform/limits/) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Email Routing postmaster](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/postmaster/) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Full setup of a zone](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) **Register the domain first** Search a name, pay in crypto, then point the nameservers where you like. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I set up DKIM for a custom email domain? > DKIM needs 3 CNAME records at Proton Mail and Fastmail and 4 at Mailbox.org, published under _domainkey; copy the values from your provider. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/dkim-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) DKIM is set up in your provider's admin screen and published in your DNS. The work is copying the records exactly. **Quick answer — How do I set up DKIM for a custom email domain?** Open the domain settings of your email provider, copy the DKIM records it shows and publish them in your DNS under the _domainkey name: three CNAME records for Proton Mail and Fastmail, four for Mailbox.org. **Postelva** hosts them in its free DNS editor, and the signing starts once the provider detects the records. ## DKIM records of three providers *Read on provider help pages on 12 November 2026. Proton Mail targets are unique to your domain: copy them from the DKIM tab. Tuta, iCloud+, Migadu and Zoho Mail: copy the records from the provider's setup screen.* | Provider | Records | Names (host) | Points to | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Proton Mail | 3 CNAME | protonmail._domainkey, protonmail2._domainkey, protonmail3._domainkey | A target under domains.proton.ch, unique to your domain | | Mailbox.org | 4 CNAME | MBO0001._domainkey to MBO0004._domainkey | MBO0001._domainkey.mailbox.org and so on up to MBO0004 | | Fastmail | 3 CNAME | fm1._domainkey, fm2._domainkey, fm3._domainkey | fm1.yourdomain.dkim.fmhosted.com, fm2 and fm3 the same way | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## Set up DKIM in five steps 1. **Open the DKIM tab of your provider** — In Proton Mail it is Settings, Organization, Domain names, then the DKIM tab of the domain. In Fastmail and Mailbox.org the domain settings list the records. 2. **Copy each name and target** — Copy them exactly. Do not retype them: one wrong character in a target makes the key unreadable. 3. **Add the records in the DNS editor** — Create one CNAME record per line, with the host given by the provider. If your DNS editor appends the domain by itself, enter only the part before it. 4. **Wait, then ask the provider to verify** — Click the verify or recheck button of the provider. A new record can take from a few minutes to a few hours to be visible everywhere. 5. **Send a test message and read the result** — Send a message to an address at another provider, open its full headers and look for dkim=pass. Then move on to the DMARC record. *DKIM CNAME records: Fastmail and Mailbox.org patterns* ```dns ; Fastmail (replace example.com with your domain) fm1._domainkey.example.com. IN CNAME fm1.example.com.dkim.fmhosted.com. fm2._domainkey.example.com. IN CNAME fm2.example.com.dkim.fmhosted.com. fm3._domainkey.example.com. IN CNAME fm3.example.com.dkim.fmhosted.com. ; Mailbox.org MBO0001._domainkey.example.com. IN CNAME MBO0001._domainkey.mailbox.org. MBO0002._domainkey.example.com. IN CNAME MBO0002._domainkey.mailbox.org. MBO0003._domainkey.example.com. IN CNAME MBO0003._domainkey.mailbox.org. MBO0004._domainkey.example.com. IN CNAME MBO0004._domainkey.mailbox.org. ``` ## How does DKIM work? **DKIM lets the sending server sign each message with a private key, and lets any receiver check the signature with a public key published in DNS.** The signature sits in a DKIM-Signature header. It carries the signing domain (d=), the selector (s=), the signed headers (h=), a hash of the body (bh=) and the signature itself (b=). RFC 6376, an Internet Standard, defines these tags. The receiver builds the DNS name from the selector and the domain: selector._domainkey.domain. For the selector fm1 and the domain example.com, it asks for fm1._domainkey.example.com. The answer is a record with the tags v=DKIM1, k=rsa and p= followed by the public key in base64. An empty p= means the key is revoked. A valid signature proves two things: the message was signed by a system that holds the private key for that domain, and the signed parts did not change in transit. It does not say the message is wanted. That judgement belongs to DMARC, covered in [SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC](https://postelva.com/spf-vs-dkim-vs-dmarc/ "SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC: what is the difference?"). ## Why do providers ask for CNAME records instead of a key? **A CNAME hands the key to the provider: the public key stays at the provider's address and the provider can replace it without asking you to edit DNS.** Proton Mail, Fastmail and Mailbox.org all use this pattern. Their records are CNAMEs from your selector name to a host they control, which holds the actual key record. The benefit is key rotation. RFC 6376 advises publishing new keys under new selectors rather than reusing a selector, and Proton Mail publishes three selectors (protonmail, protonmail2, protonmail3), which gives the provider room to move from one key to the next. The cost for you is trust: you rely on the provider's host to keep answering. According to Postelva's comparison of 12 November 2026, the three providers whose DKIM records were read on their help pages need 3, 4 and 3 CNAME records, 10 in all, and none asks for a TXT key. ## How long should the DKIM key be? **Use a 2048-bit RSA key; 1024 bits is the minimum that RFC 6376 allows for long-lived keys.** The standard says signers must use RSA keys of at least 1024 bits, and verifiers must be able to check keys from 512 to 2048 bits. Google's sender guidelines ask for at least 1024 bits and recommend 2048. When the provider creates the key, as with the CNAME setup above, the length is its choice and nothing is left for you to configure. When you must pick a size yourself, pick 2048. A 2048-bit key is longer than one 255-character string in DNS, so the TXT value is split into several strings, which most DNS editors do on their own. The same editor limit applies to the SPF record described in [how to create an SPF record](https://postelva.com/guides/spf-record-setup/ "How to create an SPF record for a custom domain"). ## Can I use several providers on one domain? **Yes: each provider signs with its own selector, so their DKIM records do not collide.** The selector is the reason. Proton uses protonmail, protonmail2 and protonmail3; Fastmail uses fm1, fm2 and fm3; Mailbox.org uses MBO0001 to MBO0004. A newsletter tool that sends in your name adds a selector of its own. SPF is different: it holds one record for all senders, with a 10-lookup limit. When you leave a provider for good, remove its DKIM records after you have confirmed that the new one signs, so that an abandoned key cannot be used by anyone who gains access to the old account. For the full order of a migration, see [how to move email to a new provider without losing mail](https://postelva.com/guides/move-email-provider-without-downtime/ "How to move email to a new provider without losing mail"). ## How do I check that DKIM works? **Look the selector up with dig and then send a real message.** The command dig CNAME fm1._domainkey.example.com +short should print the provider's target. For a TXT key, ask for TXT instead. The decisive test is a message: the headers of the received copy show whether the receiving server recorded dkim=pass. If the record is correct and the check still fails, the usual causes are a wrong host name (the domain added twice by the DNS editor), a stale cache, or a message sent before the provider activated signing. The next guide, [how to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records"), lists the commands. The Fastmail steps in full are in the [Fastmail custom domain guide](https://postelva.com/guides/fastmail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Fastmail with a custom domain"). ## DKIM setup questions ### What is a DKIM selector? A selector is a label chosen by the signer that identifies one key, such as fm1 or protonmail. It lets a domain keep several keys at once and rotate them without downtime. ### Do I need DKIM if I already have SPF? Yes. SPF breaks when a message is forwarded, while a DKIM signature survives if the message is not altered. Gmail's bulk sender rules ask for both. ### Why does my DNS editor reject a record starting with an underscore? Underscore names such as _domainkey are valid in DNS, even though they are not valid host names. Enter the host exactly as the provider shows it, without adding the domain twice. ### Can I change the DKIM selector? The provider sets it. Mailbox.org uses MBO0001 to MBO0004, Fastmail fm1 to fm3 and Proton Mail protonmail to protonmail3. Keep the names unchanged. ### Does DKIM encrypt the message? No. It signs the message to prove origin and integrity, and does not hide the content. **In summary** - DKIM signs each message; the public key sits at selector._domainkey.domain. - Proton Mail and Fastmail need 3 CNAME records, Mailbox.org 4. - Copy names and targets exactly from the provider's screen; Proton Mail targets are unique to your domain. - RFC 6376 requires signers to use RSA keys of at least 1024 bits; 2048 is recommended. - Each provider uses its own selectors, so several can sign for one domain. - Test with dig and a real message showing dkim=pass. - Postelva hosts the records in free DNS; a .com costs $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [RFC 6376, DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6376.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Email sender guidelines](https://support.google.com/a/answer/81126) — Google Workspace Admin Help (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Custom domain and anti-spoofing](https://proton.me/support/anti-spoofing-custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 4. [SPF, DKIM and DMARC for a custom domain](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/spf-dkim-and-dmarc/) — Mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Fastmail DNS help](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060591153) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I set up DMARC, from p=none to p=reject? > Publish a TXT record at _dmarc with p=none and an rua address, read the reports for a month, then move to quarantine and reject (RFC 9989). - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) DMARC is the last of the three authentication records and the only one with a policy. Start in monitoring mode, then tighten. **Quick answer — How do I set up DMARC for my domain?** Publish a TXT record at _dmarc.yourdomain that reads v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:you@yourdomain, read the aggregate reports for about a month, then raise the policy to quarantine and finally reject. DMARC is defined by RFC 9989 since May 2026. **Postelva** hosts the record in its free DNS editor. ## The three DMARC policies and what each one does | Policy | Record | Effect on a message that fails DMARC | When to use it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Monitor | v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@example.com | Delivered as usual; reports are sent to you | First weeks, to see every sender | | Quarantine | v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc@example.com | Treated as suspicious, usually sent to spam | After SPF and DKIM pass on all your legitimate mail | | Reject | v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:dmarc@example.com | Refused by the receiving server | When reports show no legitimate failure left | ## Set up DMARC in six steps 1. **Confirm SPF and DKIM first** — DMARC needs at least one of them to pass and to match your From domain. Publish both before DMARC, using the guides on SPF and DKIM. 2. **Choose a mailbox for the reports** — Create an address such as dmarc@yourdomain. RFC 9989 says the owner must set up a mailbox to receive and analyze aggregate reports. 3. **Publish the monitoring record** — Add a TXT record with host _dmarc and the value v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@yourdomain. 4. **Read the reports for about a month** — Reports arrive about once a day from receivers that send them. Look for legitimate mail that fails SPF and DKIM alignment, and fix those senders. 5. **Move to quarantine** — Change p=none to p=quarantine. Keep it for a similar period and compare how the messages were handled in the reports. 6. **Move to reject, or stop at quarantine** — Change to p=reject when the reports are clean. If you post to mailing lists from this domain, stay at quarantine. *The record, in three stages* ```dns ; stage 1: monitor _dmarc.example.com. IN TXT "v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@example.com" ; stage 2: quarantine _dmarc.example.com. IN TXT "v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc@example.com" ; stage 3: reject _dmarc.example.com. IN TXT "v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:dmarc@example.com" ``` ## What does a DMARC record contain? **A DMARC record is a TXT record at _dmarc.yourdomain that starts with v=DMARC1 and lists tags separated by semicolons.** The version tag comes first and is case-sensitive. RFC 9989 defines these tags: p (policy for the domain), sp (policy for existing subdomains), np (policy for non-existent subdomains), adkim and aspf (alignment, r for relaxed or s for strict, relaxed by default), rua (aggregate report addresses), ruf (failure report addresses), fo (failure options), t (test mode, y or n) and psd. If p is missing, the receiver treats the policy as none. If sp is missing, the p policy covers subdomains. If rua is missing, no aggregate reports are produced. A minimal useful record therefore has three parts: the version, a policy and a report address. The pct tag, which many older guides still show, was removed by RFC 9989 because it was rarely applied accurately except at 0 and 100. The t tag replaces it: t=y behaves like pct=0 and t=n like pct=100, and n is the default. Drop pct from old records. The wider background is in [SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC](https://postelva.com/spf-vs-dkim-vs-dmarc/ "SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC: what is the difference?"). ## What does alignment mean in DMARC? **Alignment means that the domain authenticated by SPF or DKIM matches the domain in the visible From address.** In relaxed mode, the default, the two only need the same organizational domain, so mail.example.com aligns with example.com. In strict mode they must be identical. RFC 9989 notes that nearly all domain owners find relaxed alignment sufficient. A message passes DMARC when SPF or DKIM passes and is aligned. Either one is enough. A mailbox provider such as Proton Mail or Fastmail signs with your own domain through the DKIM CNAME records, so alignment holds without extra work. The trap is a third-party service that signs with its own domain: its DKIM passes but does not align until you set up a custom signing domain for it. RFC 9989 finds the organizational domain through a DNS tree walk, with at most eight queries, instead of a public suffix list. For an ordinary domain on a .com or .me this changes nothing you must do. ## How long should I stay on p=none? **Stay at p=none for at least a month, then at p=quarantine for a similar period, before p=reject.** This is the order RFC 9989 advises in its deployment guidance, and it matches the help pages of the providers. Mailbox.org starts its sample record at p=none and warns that a strict policy set too early can bounce legitimate mail. Proton recommends p=quarantine and a move to p=reject once legitimate mail passes. According to Postelva's reading of 12 November 2026 of the DMARC guidance of the 3 providers that publish it (Proton Mail, Mailbox.org and Mailfence), 2 start at p=none and 1 recommends p=quarantine. Two cautions apply to p=reject. RFC 9989 says a domain that uses it must not rely on SPF alone and must sign with DKIM, because SPF breaks on forwarding. It also says that domains whose users post to mailing lists should not publish p=reject at all. Lists often modify messages, which breaks the signature. ## Where do DMARC reports go and what do they show? **Aggregate reports go to the mailto: address in rua, usually once a day from each receiver, and list the sources that sent mail with your domain in the From line.** RFC 9989 requires receivers to support mailto: addresses and recommends sending aggregate reports at least every 24 hours. Aggregate reporting is defined in RFC 9990. Failure reports, requested with ruf, are per-message copies. Many receivers withhold or redact them for privacy, so do not count on them. If the rua address sits outside your domain, the owner of that other domain must authorize it with a TXT record at yourdomain._report._dmarc.otherdomain containing v=DMARC1;, a rule that stops abuse of third-party mailboxes. For a small personal domain the list of sources is short: your provider, and little else. To read what your DNS publishes before and after each stage, use [the commands to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records"). ## Does my personal domain need DMARC? **Yes, for any domain that sends mail: it costs one TXT record and it blocks forged messages that use your name.** Google requires DMARC, with a policy of none being enough, from senders above 5,000 messages a day to Gmail accounts, and Microsoft applies the same threshold to Outlook.com. A personal mailbox sits far below those limits. The record still tells receivers what you want done with a forgery. For a domain that sends nothing, set p=reject at once with SPF -all and a null MX. Postelva offers a "no email" template for that case. For a domain with a mailbox, start at none. The transport side of the same protection, encryption between servers, is covered in [how to set up MTA-STS and TLS-RPT](https://postelva.com/guides/mta-sts-setup/ "How to set up MTA-STS and TLS-RPT"). A citable definition: DMARC is the DNS policy that tells receivers what to do with mail whose SPF and DKIM results do not align with the From domain, and where to send reports about it. ## DMARC setup questions ### Does RFC 9989 require p=reject? No. The standard defines three policies and leaves the choice to the domain owner. It advises a gradual path and warns against p=reject for domains whose users post to mailing lists. ### Does RFC 9989 change my existing DMARC record? Records still start with v=DMARC1, so a working record keeps working. The ri tag was dropped, pct was removed and t, np and psd were added. ### What happens if I publish p=reject too early? Legitimate mail that fails alignment, such as a forgotten newsletter tool, is refused by receivers. The reports at p=none exist to find those senders first. ### Can I use a free mailbox for the reports? Yes, any mailbox that you read. A separate address or alias keeps the daily report files out of your main inbox. ### How many DMARC records can a domain have? One per name, at _dmarc.yourdomain. Subdomains can have their own record or inherit the parent's policy through sp. **In summary** - DMARC is a TXT record at _dmarc.yourdomain starting with v=DMARC1. - RFC 9989 (May 2026) is the current specification; it obsoletes RFC 7489 and removes pct. - Start at p=none with an rua address, read reports for about a month. - Then p=quarantine for a similar period, then p=reject. - A message passes when SPF or DKIM passes and aligns with the From domain; relaxed alignment is the default. - A domain on p=reject must not rely on SPF alone and should not be used with mailing lists. - Postelva hosts the record in free DNS; a .com costs $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [RFC 9989, Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC)](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9989.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 2. [RFC 7489, DMARC (obsoleted)](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7489) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 3. [SPF, DKIM and DMARC for a custom domain](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/spf-dkim-and-dmarc/) — Mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Custom domain and anti-spoofing](https://proton.me/support/anti-spoofing-custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Email sender guidelines](https://support.google.com/a/answer/81126) — Google Workspace Admin Help (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Strengthening email security: new requirements for high-volume senders](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/outlook/strengthening-email-security-outlook-new-requirements-for-high-volume-senders/4399730) — Microsoft Tech Community (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Why is email not arriving at my custom domain? > Mail to a custom domain fails for eight common reasons: old MX records, slow DNS, a second SPF record, an expired domain. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/email-not-arriving-custom-domain/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) When mail sent to you@yourname.com never shows up, the cause is almost always in DNS. Work through the table from top to bottom. **Quick answer — Why is email not arriving at my custom domain?** Email stops reaching a custom domain when its MX records are missing, wrong or mixed with an old provider's, when a DNS change has not spread yet, or when the domain has expired. **Postelva** counts eight common causes below; the first check is always the MX records, which usually need up to 24 hours to settle. ## Eight causes of missing email, with the fix | Symptom | Likely cause | How to check | Fix | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Nothing arrives, no bounce | MX records missing or still on the old provider | Look up the MX records of the domain | Add the MX records of the new provider and remove the old ones | | Some mail arrives, some does not | Old and new MX records mixed | The MX list shows hosts of two providers | Keep only the new provider's MX, or give them the lowest priority numbers | | It worked yesterday, not today | DNS change not spread yet | Different resolvers answer differently | Wait for the old TTL to expire; typical MX changes take 1 to 4 hours, up to 24 to 48 hours | | Bounce says the domain does not exist | Domain expired or suspended | Look up the domain status at the registry | Renew; see what happens to email when a domain expires | | A record exists but the lookup says it does not | Negative caching of the earlier empty answer | Same record found by one resolver, not another | Wait: an empty answer is cached with the TTL of the zone's SOA record | | Mail from your domain goes to spam | Two SPF records, or more than 10 DNS lookups | Count the TXT records starting with v=spf1 | Merge into one SPF record; keep it under 10 lookups | | Provider says the domain is not verified | Verification TXT record missing or copied wrongly | Compare the value with the provider's screen | Paste the value again; some DNS hosts want the host name without the domain | | Mail bounces after you tightened DMARC | Policy set to reject before SPF and DKIM passed | Read the aggregate reports | Go back to p=none, fix the senders, then tighten again | ## What should I check first? **Check the MX records first, because they decide where every message for the domain is delivered.** An MX record names a mail server and a priority; senders try the lowest number first. If the list is empty, mail has nowhere to go. If it names the old provider, mail keeps arriving there. Two commands show the answer. Replace yourname.com with your domain. ```bash dig MX yourname.com +short nslookup -type=MX yourname.com ``` ## What should the MX answer look like? **It should list only the hosts of your current provider.** The expected answer for Proton Mail is two lines: mail.protonmail.ch at priority 10 and mailsec.protonmail.ch at priority 20. For Fastmail it is in1-smtp.messagingengine.com at 10 and in2-smtp.messagingengine.com at 20. The method for reading every record is in [how to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records"). ## Why does mail still go to my old provider? **Because the old MX records are still in the zone, or because resolvers still hold them in cache.** According to Postelva's index of 12 November 2026, three of the providers with documented MX setups, Proton Mail, Mailbox.org and Fastmail, tell you to remove the MX records that point elsewhere or to give the new ones the lowest priority number. Leaving both sets in place sends mail to either server unpredictably. The time a change needs is about the old TTL on the record at the moment you changed it. A TTL of 3600 seconds means up to an hour of cached answers; a TTL of 86400 means up to a day. Proton Mail says to allow up to a day for MX changes, and Mailbox.org says synchronisation of its verification record can take up to 48 hours. If you are planning a move rather than repairing one, [move email to a new provider without losing mail](https://postelva.com/guides/move-email-provider-without-downtime/ "How to move email to a new provider without losing mail") explains how to lower the TTL beforehand. ## Can an expired domain stop my email? **Yes: once the domain is past expiry and its DNS stops resolving, incoming mail bounces or is lost.** ICANN's Expired Registration Recovery Policy lets the owner renew from the day of expiry. After deletion, gTLD registries offer a 30-day redemption period during which DNS resolution is disabled, transfers are blocked and the registrar can restore the name for an extra fee. The exact day DNS stops varies by registrar. A second, less known trigger is the registrant email. ICANN requires the registrar to verify it within 15 days of registration, transfer or change of registrant, and a domain whose owner never answers can be suspended. Postelva states it plainly: the registrant email is verified after registration, as ICANN rules require (within 15 days). Answer the verification mail and switch on automatic renewal, which here is automatic renewal from your balance, switched on or off for each domain. The full timeline is in [what happens to email when a domain expires](https://postelva.com/what-happens-to-email-when-domain-expires/ "What happens to my email when my domain expires?"). ## Can SPF, DKIM or DMARC make mail disappear? **They affect mail you send much more than mail you receive, but a strict DMARC policy can make receivers reject your messages outright.** A domain may publish only one SPF record: a second record, or an SPF record that needs more than 10 DNS lookups (RFC 7208), returns a permanent error and receivers treat the check as failed. Add the new provider's include to the existing record instead of creating a new one. For DMARC, start at p=none with a report address, confirm SPF and DKIM pass on all legitimate mail, then move to quarantine and finally reject. Mailbox.org warns that a strict policy set too early can bounce legitimate mail. The records are explained in [how to create an SPF record](https://postelva.com/guides/spf-record-setup/ "How to create an SPF record for a custom domain"). ## Where does Postelva fit in this? **Postelva hosts the DNS of the domain, so every record in this guide is edited in the client area.** The DNS includes free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). One-click templates cover Proton Mail, Fastmail and Zoho Mail; for Tuta, Mailbox.org, iCloud+ and Migadu the records are typed in the DNS editor. If a template and a hand-typed record disagree, the zone shows both, so read the full list before you wait for propagation. Support replies by email: email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. ## Missing email: questions ### How long should I wait before assuming a DNS change failed? Allow up to the old TTL of the record, then check from a second resolver. MX changes typically take 1 to 4 hours and can take 24 to 48 hours. ### Why do some senders reach me and others do not? Each sender's resolver caches your old records for a different time, so during a change some deliver to the new server and some to the old. Removing the old MX records ends the split. ### Does a catch-all affect delivery? Only inside the mailbox: a catch-all accepts names you did not create. If a named address is missing, check that the alias exists and that the catch-all of another account is not taking the mail. ### Can the provider block my domain? A provider can refuse a domain that is not verified. Check the verification TXT record and the status screen of the provider before you look further. ### What if my domain shows as expired? Renew it at once from the client area. During the redemption period the registrar can still restore it, at an extra fee that must be published. **In summary** - Check the MX records first: they decide where mail is delivered. - Remove old MX records or give the new ones the lowest priority number. - MX changes take about the old TTL: 1 to 4 hours typically, up to 48 hours. - One SPF record only, under 10 DNS lookups (RFC 7208). - An expired domain stops resolving; the redemption period lasts 30 days. - ICANN requires the registrant email to be verified within 15 days. - Tighten DMARC from p=none, never straight to reject. ## Sources 1. [RFC 7208, section 4.6.4: limits on DNS lookups](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7208.html#section-4.6.4) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 2. [RFC 2308: negative caching of DNS queries](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2308) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Expired Registration Recovery Policy](https://www.icann.org/en/contracted-parties/consensus-policies/expired-registration-recovery-policy/expired-registration-recovery-policy-21-02-2024-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) 4. [2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Custom domain from Namecheap (MX values)](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain-namecheap) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Default DNS records](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060591153) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 7. [mailbox.org KB: SPF, DKIM and DMARC](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/spf-dkim-and-dmarc/) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 8. [How long does it take for DNS changes to propagate](https://www.suped.com/knowledge/email-deliverability/technical/how-long-does-it-take-for-dns-record-changes-to-propagate) — Suped (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How to set up Fastmail with a custom domain? > Fastmail needs 6 DNS records for your domain: 2 MX (in1-smtp at 10, in2-smtp at 20), 1 SPF and 3 DKIM CNAMEs. Individual costs 60 EUR a year. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/fastmail-custom-domain-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Fastmail is the simplest of the paid providers to point a domain at: two MX records, one SPF and three DKIM CNAMEs. The exact values are below. **Quick answer — How to set up Fastmail with a custom domain?** Add your domain in Fastmail under Settings > Domains, then publish 6 records: MX in1-smtp.messagingengine.com (10) and in2-smtp.messagingengine.com (20), an SPF TXT with include:spf.messagingengine.com, and three DKIM CNAMEs fm1, fm2 and fm3. **Postelva** has a one-click Fastmail template that applies them. ## The six DNS records for a Fastmail domain *From Fastmail's default DNS records help page, read 12 November 2026. Replace example.com with your domain.* | Record | Type | Host | Value | Priority | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Mail 1 | MX | @ | in1-smtp.messagingengine.com | 10 | | Mail 2 | MX | @ | in2-smtp.messagingengine.com | 20 | | SPF | TXT | @ | v=spf1 include:spf.messagingengine.com ?all | - | | DKIM 1 | CNAME | fm1._domainkey | fm1.example.com.dkim.fmhosted.com | - | | DKIM 2 | CNAME | fm2._domainkey | fm2.example.com.dkim.fmhosted.com | - | | DKIM 3 | CNAME | fm3._domainkey | fm3.example.com.dkim.fmhosted.com | - | ## Steps for a domain bought outside Fastmail 1. **Register the domain** — Buy it in the Postelva client area and keep the DNS there. 2. **Open a plan that allows domains** — Individual, Duo, Family and the business Standard and Professional plans allow custom domains. The business Basic plan does not. 3. **Add the domain in Fastmail** — Go to Settings, then Domains, and add the domain you own. Fastmail displays the records it expects. 4. **Apply the Fastmail template** — In the DNS editor choose the Fastmail template, which sets the MX, SPF and DKIM records in one click. 5. **Recheck and create addresses** — Press Recheck DNS in Fastmail. The domain should read Active, MX records set. Then add addresses and a test message. *The Fastmail zone for example.com* ```dns example.com. MX 10 in1-smtp.messagingengine.com. example.com. MX 20 in2-smtp.messagingengine.com. example.com. TXT "v=spf1 include:spf.messagingengine.com ?all" fm1._domainkey.example.com. CNAME fm1.example.com.dkim.fmhosted.com. fm2._domainkey.example.com. CNAME fm2.example.com.dkim.fmhosted.com. fm3._domainkey.example.com. CNAME fm3.example.com.dkim.fmhosted.com. ``` ## Which Fastmail plans work with your own domain? **Every personal plan does; among the business plans, Standard and Professional do and Basic does not.** On the euro price page read on 12 November 2026, Individual cost 6 EUR a month or 60 EUR a year, Duo 10 EUR or 96 EUR a year, and Family 14 EUR or 132 EUR a year for up to 6 users. Business Standard cost 6 EUR per user per month and Professional 10 EUR. USD prices may differ and were not verified. Fastmail does not state a limit on the number of domains. Crypto is not an option: no crypto payment was found on Fastmail's pages. Fastmail also sells domains (.com, .net, .org, .io, .ac and .sh) to paid accounts older than 7 days, but it publishes no price outside checkout. Buying the domain separately keeps it in your control, as [what is a custom email domain](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?") explains. ## Why is Fastmail's SPF value ?all and not ~all? **Fastmail's published value ends in ?all, a neutral result, whereas many providers publish ~all, a soft fail.** Copy Fastmail's value as written on its help page. If you already have an SPF record, add include:spf.messagingengine.com to it instead of creating a second one, because two SPF records on one name are invalid. The 10-lookup limit of RFC 7208 counts the include, so check your total in [how to create an SPF record](https://postelva.com/guides/spf-record-setup/ "How to create an SPF record for a custom domain"). The DKIM records use the pattern fm1, fm2 and fm3, each pointing to fm#.yourdomain.dkim.fmhosted.com. The older mesmtp._domainkey record applies only to domains hosted at Fastmail before 2018. For the logic of selectors see [how to set up DKIM](https://postelva.com/guides/dkim-setup/ "How to set up DKIM for a custom email domain"). Fastmail's DMARC value was not read on the pages Postelva opened, so write it using the staged method rather than a copied string. ## What other records does Fastmail document? **Fastmail documents six SRV records for auto-discovery, so mail apps find the right servers on their own.** They cover submission on port 465 (smtp.fastmail.com), IMAP on 993 (imap.fastmail.com), JMAP on 443 (api.fastmail.com), autodiscover on 443, CardDAV and CalDAV on 443. They are optional for receiving mail. The default TTL is one hour. An MX-only domain needs extra DNS for subdomain addressing (tag@username.domain). According to Postelva's count of 12 November 2026, Fastmail needs the fewest records of the three providers whose full lists are public here, 6 against 8 for Proton Mail and 11 for Mailbox.org. Postelva supplies one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing, and the DNS editor supports free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). ## How do aliases and catch-all work on Fastmail? **Fastmail supports plus addressing, subdomain addressing and a wildcard alias.** Create the wildcard under Settings > My email addresses; a specific alias always wins over the catch-all. Giving each service a separate address lets you spot who leaked yours, a use described in [how to use a catch-all address and aliases](https://postelva.com/guides/catch-all-and-aliases/ "How to use a catch-all address and aliases on your own domain"). Mail at Fastmail is protected by TLS in transit but is not end-to-end encrypted by default. Your address stays portable, because moving away only means changing records; the method is in [how to move email to a new provider without losing mail](https://postelva.com/guides/move-email-provider-without-downtime/ "How to move email to a new provider without losing mail"). A .com at Postelva costs $12.49/year every year, usually within minutes of the top-up being credited. Fastmail uses two MX records for a custom domain, in1-smtp.messagingengine.com at priority 10 and in2-smtp.messagingengine.com at priority 20, plus three DKIM CNAMEs. ## Questions about Fastmail and custom domains ### Do I need a verification record for Fastmail? Not for an MX-only setup. The domain shows Active, MX records set after you press Recheck DNS in Settings > Domains. ### Can I use the Fastmail Basic business plan? No. Its pricing page does not allow custom domains on Basic. Pick Standard or Professional, or a personal plan. ### Does Fastmail take crypto? No crypto payment was found. You can still pay for the domain with BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC at Postelva and pay Fastmail by another method. ### Is the DKIM target the same for every domain? No. It contains your domain name: fm1.example.com.dkim.fmhosted.com for example.com. Replace the domain part. **In summary** - Fastmail needs 6 records: 2 MX, 1 SPF, 3 DKIM CNAMEs. - MX: in1-smtp.messagingengine.com (10) and in2-smtp.messagingengine.com (20). - SPF: v=spf1 include:spf.messagingengine.com ?all. - DKIM: fm1, fm2, fm3 _domainkey pointing to fm#.yourdomain.dkim.fmhosted.com. - Individual is 60 EUR a year; business Basic does not allow custom domains. - Postelva has a one-click Fastmail template; .com is $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [Fastmail - Default DNS records](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060591153) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Fastmail pricing](https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Fastmail - Registering a domain through Fastmail](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/5948732264335) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Fastmail - Catch-all / wildcard aliases](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000277942-Catchall-Wildcard-aliases) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How to use Gmail with a custom domain? > Use Gmail with your own domain free via forwarding plus Send mail as (99 addresses), or Google Workspace from €6.80 per user a month. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/gmail-custom-domain-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) A Gmail inbox can receive and send as you@yourdomain.com in two ways: a free one built from forwarding and a sending setting, and a paid one called Google Workspace. Each has its own limits, listed below. **Quick answer — How to use Gmail with a custom domain?** Use Gmail with a custom domain for free by forwarding the domain's mail to your Gmail address, then adding the domain address under Settings, Accounts, Send mail as, which accepts up to 99 addresses but asks for an SMTP server. The paid route is Google Workspace, from €6.80 per user per month. **Postelva** sells the domain. ## Two ways to run a custom domain in Gmail, 12 November 2026 *Google's Workspace prices are in euros, billed monthly, per user. A limited-time introductory price on the page is left out because its terms contradict each other.* | Point | Free route: forwarding + Send mail as | Paid route: Google Workspace | | --- | --- | --- | | Receiving | The domain forwards each address to your Gmail inbox | Mail for the domain lands in a Workspace mailbox | | Sending | Send mail as: you enter an SMTP server, username and password | Sent from the Workspace address itself | | Price shown by Google | None for Gmail; the SMTP provider and the domain have their own cost | Starter €6.80, Standard €13.60, Plus €21.10 per user per month, tax not included | | Storage | Your Gmail quota | Starter 30 GB per person, Standard 2 TB, Plus 5 TB | | Addresses | Up to 99 send-as addresses on one Gmail account | One mailbox per paid user | | Main risk | Google ends Send as for third-party addresses in January 2027 | Per-user monthly cost | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## Can a free Gmail account use my own domain? **Yes: a free Gmail account can receive mail for your domain through forwarding and send as that address through the Send mail as setting.** Neither part is a Gmail product for domains. Gmail only reads and writes; the domain's DNS decides where mail for it goes. The route is therefore three jobs: register the domain, forward its mail to your Gmail address, and give Gmail a way to send as the domain. The first two cost nothing beyond the domain. The third needs an SMTP server that lets you log in, which the provider of your domain mailbox supplies. If you own only a forwarding setup with no mailbox behind it, you can receive but you cannot send as the address. ## How do I receive mail for my domain in Gmail? **Create the address at a forwarding service and point it at your Gmail address; the forwarder asks you to confirm the destination first.** At Postelva you get free email forwarding and URL forwarding from the client area, and the DNS editor handles free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). A second forwarding option is Cloudflare Email Routing, which needs the domain on Cloudflare's nameservers; the steps are in [Cloudflare Email Routing setup with your own domain](https://postelva.com/guides/cloudflare-email-routing-setup/ "Cloudflare Email Routing setup with your own domain"). The no-cost options are compared on the page about [free email forwarding with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/free-email-forwarding-with-custom-domain/ "Free email forwarding with a custom domain"). One check applies to every forwarder: confirm that the first test message arrives in the Gmail inbox rather than in Spam, because forwarded mail is judged against the sender's own SPF and DMARC policy. ## Steps to send as your domain address from Gmail 1. **Open the Accounts settings** — In Gmail choose Settings, then See all settings, then the Accounts tab. 2. **Add the address** — In the Send mail as section click Add another email address, then type your name and the address on your domain. 3. **Enter the SMTP server** — Click Next Step, then Send verification, and fill in the SMTP server, username and password of the mailbox that hosts the address. Common settings are SSL on port 465 or TLS on port 25 or 587. 4. **Click Add Account** — Google sends a confirmation message to the address. Open it from the mailbox and click the link; if it is missing, look in Spam or Bulk Mail for a message from send-as-noreply@google.com. ## What changes for Send mail as in January 2027? **Google's help page says that from January 2027 Gmail stops supporting Send as for third-party addresses such as @yahoo.com or @outlook.com.** Google Workspace aliases and other Gmail addresses are not affected, according to the same page. The page names Yahoo and Outlook as examples and does not say how an address on your own domain is counted, so read the line on Google's page again before you build a long-term setup on this free route. If you depend on it, keep a fallback: a mailbox provider that handles the domain's mail directly sends with no Gmail setting at all, and the steps to move are in [how to keep your email address when changing provider](https://postelva.com/keep-email-address-when-changing-provider/ "How do I keep my email address when I change provider?"). ## How much does Google Workspace cost for a custom domain? **Google Workspace Starter lists at €6.80 per user per month, Standard at €13.60 and Plus at €21.10, all billed monthly and before tax.** The page marks an annual commitment as saving 16 percent without printing the resulting price, so no annual figure is quoted here. Starter includes 30 GB per person, Standard 2 TB and Plus 5 TB. All three show email at your own company address, and Enterprise is priced on request. A plan can be bought for up to 300 users, except Enterprise, which has no cap. The domain is bought separately. Postelva offers one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing, so the Google Workspace records go in with one click once the domain is registered. For other paid inboxes, compare the options in [Google Workspace alternatives for custom domain email](https://postelva.com/google-workspace-alternative-for-custom-domain-email/ "Google Workspace alternative for custom domain email"). ## What does it cost to run the domain itself? **The domain is the cheap part: a .com is $12.49/year at Postelva, the same price on every renewal.** According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, Workspace Starter at €6.80 per user per month adds up to €81.60 over twelve months for one user, before tax, while a .com at Postelva is $12.49/year against Namecheap's regular renewal of $19.98. We do not claim to be the cheapest; the comparison is dated and named. Pay in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC from a prepaid balance with a $25 minimum. No identity document is requested, only one verified email per domain. ## Which route should you pick? **Pick the free route if you want to keep Gmail as your inbox and one domain address, and Workspace if several people share the domain.** The free route spends no money on the inbox but depends on a sending server and on Google's January 2027 change. Workspace is a single supplier for receiving, sending and storage. Postelva is a domain registrar, not a mailbox provider: it sells the domain, and the mail stays at Gmail, Google Workspace or another provider of your choice. The address you publish is the domain, so you can change the inbox behind it later without telling anyone. ## Gmail and custom domain questions ### How many domain addresses can Gmail send as? Google's page says you can send emails from up to 99 different email addresses. Each one is added under Send mail as and confirmed with a link. ### Do I need Google Workspace to use my own domain? No. Forwarding plus Send mail as works on a free Gmail account, but sending needs an SMTP server and login. Workspace is the paid route that handles receiving and sending in one place. ### Which ports does the Send mail as SMTP form accept? Google lists SSL on port 465 and TLS on port 25 or 587 as common combinations. If a provider supports neither, port 25 with an unsecured connection exists, and Google warns that it is not encrypted. ### Can I get a custom domain from Gmail itself? The Google pages read for this guide describe adding a domain you already own; none of them sells a domain. Register it first, then connect it. ### Can I pay for the domain in crypto and still use Gmail? Yes. The domain and the inbox are separate purchases. Postelva accepts BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC for the domain, and Gmail works with any domain you point at it. **In summary** - Free route: forward the domain's mail to Gmail, then add it under Send mail as. - Send mail as accepts up to 99 addresses and asks for SMTP server, username and password. - SMTP: SSL port 465, or TLS port 25 or 587. - Google says Send as stops for third-party addresses such as Yahoo and Outlook in January 2027. - Google Workspace: Starter €6.80, Standard €13.60, Plus €21.10 per user per month, before tax. - The domain is separate: .com is $12.49/year at Postelva, the same every year, paid in crypto, no ID. ## Sources 1. [Send emails from a different address or alias - Gmail Help](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/22370) — Google (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Automatically forward Gmail messages to another account - Gmail Help](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10957) — Google (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Google Workspace pricing](https://workspace.google.com/pricing) — Google (read 2026-11-12) **Register the domain first** Gmail accepts any domain you own. Search a name and pay in crypto. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How to use a custom email domain with iCloud+? > iCloud+ lets you add up to 5 custom domains with 10 addresses each. Use a domain you already own and copy the DNS records Apple displays. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/icloud-custom-email-domain-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Apple lets any paid iCloud+ account use its own domain for iCloud Mail. You can bring a domain bought elsewhere, and this guide shows how and what Apple limits. **Quick answer — How to use a custom email domain with iCloud+?** Subscribe to iCloud+, turn on two-factor authentication, add the domain you already own on iCloud.com, then publish the DNS records Apple shows: a verification TXT, MX records, SPF and DKIM. One account holds up to 5 custom domains with 10 addresses each. **Postelva** sells the domain; you type Apple's records. ## iCloud+ custom email domain limits *From Apple's support page 102540, read 12 November 2026.* | Item | Limit or rule | | --- | --- | | Plan needed | Any paid iCloud+ tier | | Custom domains per account | Up to 5 | | Addresses per domain | Up to 10 personalised addresses | | Sharing | A domain can be shared with up to 5 other people, each with up to 10 addresses | | Account security | Apple Account with two-factor authentication | | Not supported | Managed accounts; domains registered as an Organisation Domain in Apple Business | | Address conflict | An address already used with another Apple Account cannot be added | ## Steps with a domain bought outside Apple 1. **Register the domain** — Buy it in the Postelva client area. Apple also sells domains from iCloud settings, but that path uses a card or PayPal, not crypto. 2. **Prepare the Apple Account** — Check that iCloud+ is active, two-factor authentication is on and iCloud Mail works on your devices. 3. **Add the domain on iCloud.com** — Sign in on iCloud.com, open the custom email domain settings and enter your domain. Apple displays the records to publish. 4. **Publish the records** — Enter the verification TXT, the MX records, the SPF and the DKIM CNAME in the DNS editor, exactly as Apple shows them. 5. **Create the addresses** — Add personalised addresses, or import those you already use on the domain, and test from an outside account. ## Which DNS records does iCloud+ need? **A verification TXT at the root, two MX records, an SPF TXT and a DKIM CNAME, with the exact values taken from Apple's screen.** Apple's support page names no record. Third-party hosting guides report MX hosts mx01.mail.icloud.com and mx02.mail.icloud.com, both at priority 10, an SPF of v=spf1 include:icloud.com ~all (older guides used redirect=icloud.com) and a DKIM CNAME named sig1._domainkey that points to a domain-specific target under icloudmailadmin.com. Postelva did not read these on an Apple page, so treat them as hints and publish what Apple displays. The verification TXT carries a per-account value that you must not guess. Once saved, verify the result with [how to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records"). An existing SPF record is extended, not duplicated; see [how to create an SPF record](https://postelva.com/guides/spf-record-setup/ "How to create an SPF record for a custom domain"). ## Can I buy the domain from Apple instead? **Yes, but the price is hidden until checkout and crypto is not accepted.** Apple registers new domains from iCloud settings through Cloudflare as registrar. Cloudflare's documentation says estimates in USD and local currency appear at purchase, the final payment is charged in US dollars, and the feature is meant for new registrations made from an Apple device. Apple Pay does not support recurring payments, so a card or PayPal is needed for auto-renew. Apple's route fits readers who accept its payment terms. Buying elsewhere keeps the domain independent of Apple, which matters when you move: [how to move email to a new provider without losing mail](https://postelva.com/guides/move-email-provider-without-downtime/ "How to move email to a new provider without losing mail") shows that only DNS records change. You can remove a domain on iCloud.com, after which iCloud Mail can no longer send or receive for it. ## Why bring a Postelva domain to iCloud+? **It splits the two things Apple bundles: the address, which you own, and the mailbox, which Apple hosts.** A .com at Postelva costs $12.49/year a year, the same price on renewal, paid in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. Postelva provides free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). usually within minutes of the top-up being credited. According to Postelva's count of 12 November 2026, only 2 of the 7 providers in these guides take crypto directly, Proton as Bitcoin credit and Migadu on request through its support; a domain bought at Postelva lets crypto holders keep one part of the stack crypto-funded. Postelva has no one-click iCloud template, since one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. An iCloud+ custom domain allows up to 5 domains and 10 addresses per domain, and the domain remains the property of its registrant. The wider concept is in [what is a custom email domain](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?"). ## Questions about iCloud+ and custom domains ### Can the same address exist on two Apple Accounts? No. An address already tied to another Apple Account cannot be added; change that account's email first. Deleting that account does not free the address. ### Can family members use my domain? Yes. You can share it with up to 5 other people, each with up to 10 addresses. People outside Family Sharing must accept an invitation. ### Does it work on old iPhones? Sharing with people outside your family needs iOS 16 or later. Devices on iOS 15 or earlier may not show all addresses. ### How much does iCloud+ cost? Apple's page lists no price, so none is quoted. Check your region in Settings. **In summary** - iCloud+ allows up to 5 custom domains and 10 addresses per domain. - Two-factor authentication is required; managed accounts are not supported. - Add the domain on iCloud.com, then publish the records Apple shows. - Third-party guides report MX mx01 and mx02.mail.icloud.com at priority 10: verify on Apple's screen. - Apple takes no crypto; a Postelva domain is $12.49/year a year for a .com. - No one-click iCloud template at Postelva: records are typed by hand. ## Sources 1. [Apple - Use Custom Email Domain with iCloud Mail](https://support.apple.com/en-gb/102540) — Apple (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Apple - Set up an existing domain with iCloud Mail](https://support.apple.com/en-gb/102374) — Apple (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Cloudflare - iCloud domains](https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/account-options/icloud-domains) — Cloudflare (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How to set up Mailbox.org with your own domain? > Mailbox.org custom domains start at the Standard plan (36 EUR a year) and need a TXT key, 4 MX records at priority 10, SPF and 4 DKIM CNAMEs. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/mailbox-org-custom-domain-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Mailbox.org proves ownership with a security key in a TXT record, then asks for four MX records. This guide gives the order and the exact hosts. **Quick answer — How to set up Mailbox.org with your own domain?** On a Standard (36 EUR a year) or Premium plan, add your domain as an external alias to get a security key, publish it as a TXT record, then add four MX records, mxext1 to mxext4.mailbox.org at priority 10. SPF and four DKIM CNAMEs follow. **Postelva** registers the domain; you type these records in its DNS editor. ## DNS records for a Mailbox.org custom domain *From mailbox.org's knowledge base and price page, read 12 November 2026. The TXT key is unique to your account.* | Record | Type | Host | Value | Priority | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Ownership | TXT | first part of your security key | second part of your security key | - | | Mail 1 | MX | @ | mxext1.mailbox.org | 10 | | Mail 2 | MX | @ | mxext2.mailbox.org | 10 | | Mail 3 | MX | @ | mxext3.mailbox.org | 10 | | Mail 4 | MX | @ | mxext4.mailbox.org | 10 | | SPF | TXT | @ | v=spf1 include:mailbox.org ~all | - | | DKIM 1 to 4 | CNAME | MBO0001._domainkey to MBO0004._domainkey | MBO0001._domainkey.mailbox.org. to MBO0004._domainkey.mailbox.org. | - | | DMARC (start) | TXT | _dmarc | v=DMARC1;p=none;rua=mailto:postmaster@example.com | - | ## Steps, in the order Mailbox.org validates them 1. **Register the domain** — Buy it in the Postelva client area. Mailbox.org does not sell domains; it tells you to edit DNS where the domain is registered. 2. **Get the security key** — In your mailbox.org account open All settings, Email addresses, Email aliases, Add external alias. Enter an address on your domain and save. The first save fails on purpose and shows the key. 3. **Publish the key as a TXT record** — The host is the first part of the key, without a trailing period or the domain, and the value is the second part. Syncing can take up to 48 hours. 4. **Save the alias again** — Repeat the same step. Mailbox.org checks the TXT record in the background and confirms when it succeeds. 5. **Switch the MX records** — Add the four MX records and delete any MX that does not point to a mailbox.org server. 6. **Add SPF, DKIM and DMARC** — Publish the SPF TXT, the four CNAMEs and a DMARC policy, then send a test message both ways. ## Which Mailbox.org plan allows a custom domain? **Standard at 36 EUR a year and Premium at 108 EUR a year both allow custom domains; Light does not, except inside family accounts.** Standard gives 50 aliases for custom domains and Premium 250; the number of domains itself is not stated on the price page. Monthly billing exists for Standard (4 EUR) and Premium (12 EUR), while Light is sold only yearly at 12 EUR. Mailbox.org does not accept crypto: its payment page lists PayPal, SEPA direct debit, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, bank transfer and cash by post or deposit. A reader paying everything in crypto can still buy the domain from Postelva with BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC and use another method for the mailbox. ## What if my DNS host refuses four MX records at priority 10? **Use priorities 10, 20, 30 and 40, with 40 as the lowest.** Mailbox.org's page gives this fallback for hosts that reject identical priorities. Equal numbers share traffic between the servers, while distinct numbers make senders try them in order; both deliver mail. The concept is in [what is an MX record](https://postelva.com/what-is-an-mx-record/ "What is an MX record?"). Remove old MX records before you test. Leftovers from Gmail or another host split your mail between two systems. Sync can take up to 48 hours, so keep the old mailbox open meanwhile, as detailed in [how to move email to a new provider without losing mail](https://postelva.com/guides/move-email-provider-without-downtime/ "How to move email to a new provider without losing mail"). ## How do SPF, DKIM and DMARC work on Mailbox.org? **Mailbox.org signs with four DKIM keys, named MBO0001 to MBO0004, and publishes SPF through include:mailbox.org.** Each DKIM CNAME has the host MBO000N._domainkey and points to MBO000N._domainkey.mailbox.org. Keep one SPF record only; if you already have one, add the include rather than creating a second, a rule detailed in [how to create an SPF record](https://postelva.com/guides/spf-record-setup/ "How to create an SPF record for a custom domain"). For DMARC, Mailbox.org suggests a starting point of p=none with a report address, then a tighter policy later. It warns that a strict policy set too early can bounce legitimate mail. The staged approach is in [how to set up DMARC](https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ "How to set up DMARC: p=none to p=reject"). ## Does Postelva offer a Mailbox.org template? **No: Mailbox.org needs its records typed by hand, and the editor is built for it.** Postelva provides one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing, which does not include Mailbox.org. The editor supports free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). According to Postelva's count of 12 November 2026, a Mailbox.org domain needs 11 records (1 TXT, 4 MX, 1 SPF, 4 DKIM, 1 DMARC), more than the 8 of Proton Mail and the 6 of Fastmail. A .com is $12.49/year a year, the same on renewal, and email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. Catch-all works too: create an alias of the form @yourdomain.com. Only one account can hold the catch-all of a domain, and Mailbox.org lets you block it if it floods with spam. Mailbox.org, based in Germany, makes PGP optional rather than default, so choose it for portability and a flat yearly price. ## Questions about Mailbox.org and custom domains ### Why does the first alias save fail? It is the design: Mailbox.org refuses the alias until the TXT record exists and shows the security key at that moment. Publish the record, then save again. ### Can the domain stay with Postelva while mail is at Mailbox.org? Yes. Mailbox.org says to set DNS where the domain is registered, so the records live in the Postelva DNS editor. ### How many addresses can I create? Standard offers 50 aliases for custom domains and Premium 250. A catch-all covers the rest of the names. ### How do I check the MX records? Run dig example.com MX on Linux or macOS, or nslookup -type=MX example.com on Windows. Four mxext hosts should appear. **In summary** - Custom domains need Standard (36 EUR a year) or Premium (108 EUR a year). - Get a security key from Email aliases, publish it as a TXT, then save again. - MX: mxext1 to mxext4.mailbox.org, all at priority 10 (or 10/20/30/40). - SPF: v=spf1 include:mailbox.org ~all; DKIM: MBO0001 to MBO0004 CNAMEs. - 11 records in total; no Postelva one-click template, no crypto at Mailbox.org. - Sync can take up to 48 hours: keep the old mailbox open. ## Sources 1. [mailbox.org KB - Using emails with a custom domain](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/using-emails-with-a-custom-domain/) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 2. [mailbox.org KB - SPF, DKIM and DMARC](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/spf-dkim-and-dmarc/) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 3. [mailbox.org KB - Catch-all alias](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/how-to-set-up-a-catch-all-alias-with-a-custom-domain-name) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 4. [mailbox.org prices](https://mailbox.org/en/prices) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How to set up a custom domain with Mailfence? > Mailfence custom domain setup needs a paid plan and 5 checks in Email domains: ownership TXT, 2 MX at one preference, SPF, DKIM and DMARC. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/mailfence-custom-domain-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Mailfence does not print most of its record values in the documentation: the account panel generates them. This guide gives the order of the steps and every value that is published. **Quick answer — How to set up a custom domain with Mailfence?** On a paid Mailfence plan, open Settings > Messages > Email domains, add your domain, publish the ownership TXT, then both MX records with the same preference, for example 10, and finally the SPF, DKIM and DMARC values shown in the panel. **Postelva** registers the domain and hosts its DNS. ## The records of a Mailfence domain and where each value comes from *From Mailfence's knowledge base articles on custom domains and anti-spoofing, read 12 November 2026. Values marked account are generated in your own panel.* | Record | Type | Host | Value | Source of the value | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Ownership | TXT | per panel | Generated in the panel | Account | | Mail 1 | MX | @ | Given in step 8 of the article; the same preference on both lines, example 10 | Account panel | | Mail 2 | MX | @ | Given in step 8 of the article; the same preference on both lines, example 10 | Account panel | | SPF | TXT | domain | v=spf1 include:_spf.mailfence.com -all (Mailfence only) or ~all (other senders) | Article example, then copy from panel | | DKIM | TXT | per panel | Generated key, 2048 bits recommended | Account | | DMARC (optional) | TXT | per panel | Generated, report-only p=none suggested | Account | ## Steps for a domain bought at Postelva 1. **Register the domain** — Buy it in the Postelva client area and keep the DNS there. 2. **Choose a paid Mailfence plan** — Mailfence supports custom domain addresses on paid plans only. The number of domains per plan is shown in a chart on its article. 3. **Add the domain and prove ownership** — In Settings > Messages > Email domains click Add an e-mail domain, type the domain, add the TXT record the panel gives you and click Verify. 4. **Set up SPF and DKIM before the MX records** — Copy the SPF and DKIM values from the panel into the DNS editor. Mailfence calls these compulsory for deliverability. 5. **Create addresses, then switch the MX** — Create the domain-based addresses as aliases of your account first, particularly if the domain already receives mail. Then add both MX records and click Verify. *Shape of the Mailfence zone for example.com* ```dns example.com. TXT " Messages > Email domains>" example.com. MX 10 . example.com. MX 10 . example.com. TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.mailfence.com -all" TXT "" _dmarc.example.com. TXT "" ``` ## Why does the guide say to copy MX, DKIM and DMARC from the panel? **Mailfence shows its MX hostnames in a screenshot and generates the DKIM and DMARC strings per domain, so a written list would risk giving you a wrong value.** On the pages read on 12 November 2026, the only hostname that appears in text is smtp1.mailfence.com, quoted as an example of a malformed record: without the trailing dot some DNS editors append your domain, giving smtp1.mailfence.com.mydomain.com. The article also tells you to use the same preference on both MX lines, with 10 as an example, so that load balancing and failover work. Two more warnings from the same article apply to every setup. Subdomains count separately, so foo.example.com and example.com are two domains with their own records. And the address used for password reset and notifications must not sit on the domain you are adding, otherwise losing the domain's mail could lock you out. Put the domain at Postelva and the reset address at an unrelated provider. ## What is the right SPF value for Mailfence? **Use include:_spf.mailfence.com, ending in -all if only Mailfence sends mail for the domain and ~all if other servers send too.** Mailfence's anti-spoofing article gives these two examples and tells you to copy the final value from the SPF tab of your domain. The article prints an en dash before all; type a plain hyphen in your record. If another SPF record already exists on the name, merge the include into it, because two SPF records on one name are invalid; the method is in [how to create an SPF record](https://postelva.com/guides/spf-record-setup/ "How to create an SPF record for a custom domain"). The DKIM tab produces a 2048-bit key by default, and a 1024-bit option exists for DNS providers that cannot store long TXT values. If an outside checker validates the key but the panel does not, the article proposes a policy record at host _domainkey with value o=~ or o=-. For the theory see [how to set up DKIM](https://postelva.com/guides/dkim-setup/ "How to set up DKIM for a custom email domain"). ## Which optional records does Mailfence document? **Mailfence documents DMARC, MTA-STS and mail-client auto-configuration as optional extras.** The DMARC tab suggests a report-only policy, p=none, and lists quarantine and reject as stricter choices; replace the placeholder in rua=mailto: with an address on a domain you have added, and edit an existing _dmarc record instead of adding a second. Follow [how to set up DMARC](https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ "How to set up DMARC: p=none to p=reject") for the progression. For MTA-STS the article gives no DNS value but names Mailfence's policy file at mta-sts.mailfence.com; see [how to set up MTA-STS](https://postelva.com/guides/mta-sts-setup/ "How to set up MTA-STS and TLS-RPT"). Auto-configuration uses three SRV records with target mailfence.com, priority 0, weight 0 and port 443, at _autodiscover._tcp, _caldavs._tcp and _carddavs._tcp under your domain, plus a CNAME autoconfig pointing to mailfence.com, all with a TTL of 600. Clients that rely on that CNAME may show an SSL warning, Outlook for example. ## How does Mailfence compare on setup effort? **Most Mailfence values are copied from an account panel rather than from a public page.** According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, the Mailfence panel tracks 5 DNS checks (ownership, SPF, DKIM, MX and DMARC), and a .com costs $12.49/year at Postelva. Mailfence's pricing page could not be read today, so its plan prices are not quoted here. If you later move away, nothing changes in your Mailfence account: the knowledge base says only that the domain must keep correct DNS values at the new host, and any entry that is not green must be re-created. Your address stays portable, as [how to keep your email address when you change provider](https://postelva.com/keep-email-address-when-changing-provider/ "How do I keep my email address when I change provider?") explains. one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing exist for other providers; Mailfence has none, so you enter its records in the Postelva DNS editor, which supports free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). ## Questions about Mailfence and custom domains ### Does the free Mailfence plan allow a custom domain? No. Mailfence states that domain-based addresses are supported in paid plans. Check the chart in its article for the number of domains per plan. ### Are the MX records the same for every domain? The article presents them in a screenshot and asks for the same preference on both lines. Copy the two hostnames from your panel and keep the trailing dot if your DNS editor needs it. ### Can I use Mailfence addresses only to send? Yes. Under Settings > Account > Personal Data > Edit you add sender addresses, and removing them makes the domain receive-only. ### Is plus addressing available on my domain? Mailfence has a dedicated article on plus addressing for domain-based addresses. Read it before relying on the pattern. **In summary** - Custom domains need a paid Mailfence plan. - Path: Settings > Messages > Email domains > Add an e-mail domain. - Order: ownership TXT, SPF and DKIM, addresses, both MX records. - Both MX lines use the same preference, for example 10. - SPF: include:_spf.mailfence.com with -all or ~all. - DKIM, DMARC and ownership values come from your panel. - The panel checks 5 records; subdomains count as separate domains. - Postelva: .com is $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [Mailfence - Custom domain-based addresses in a Mailfence account](https://kb.mailfence.com/kb/custom-domain-based-addresses-in-mailfence-account/) — Mailfence (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Mailfence - How to set up anti-spoofing defense for my domain](https://kb.mailfence.com/kb/set-up-anti-spoofing-defense-custom-domain/) — Mailfence (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Mailfence - Auto-configuration for a custom domain](https://kb.mailfence.com/kb/auto-configuration-custom-domain/) — Mailfence (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Mailfence - Moving a domain to a new registrar or host](https://kb.mailfence.com/kb/i-am-moving-my-domain-to-a-new-registrar-hosting-provider-should-i-change-something-in-my-mailfence-account/) — Mailfence (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Mailfence - Custom domain knowledge base category](https://kb.mailfence.com/categories/custom-domain/) — Mailfence (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How to set up Migadu with a custom domain? > Migadu charges per plan, not per mailbox: Micro costs 19 USD a year, Mini 90 USD, with unlimited domains on Mini and above. Copy DNS from its admin. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/migadu-custom-domain-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Migadu is built around domains: every plan holds as many mailboxes and aliases as you want, within daily sending limits. Here is how to connect yours. **Quick answer — How to set up Migadu with a custom domain?** Pick a Migadu plan (Micro 19 USD a year, Mini 90 USD, Standard 290 USD), add your domain in the Migadu admin panel, then publish the verification TXT, two MX records, SPF and DKIM CNAMEs it displays. **Postelva** registers the domain; Migadu's records are typed by hand, with no template. ## Migadu plans and limits *From Migadu's pricing page, read 12 November 2026. Limits are per account, not per mailbox, and storage limits are soft.* | Plan | Yearly price | Domains | Incoming / outgoing per day | Storage | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Micro | 19 USD | Almost unlimited (soft limit) | 200 / 20 | 5 GB | | Mini | 90 USD | Unlimited | 1,000 / 100 | 30 GB | | Standard | 290 USD | Unlimited | 3,000 / 500 | 100 GB | | Maxi | 990 USD | Unlimited | 10,000 / 2,000 | 500 GB | ## Steps, from domain to mailbox 1. **Register the domain** — Buy it in the Postelva client area and open its DNS editor. 2. **Choose the plan by daily volume** — Count messages in and out per day, not users: Micro allows 200 in and 20 out, Mini 1,000 in and 100 out. 3. **Add the domain in the admin** — Create the domain in the Migadu admin panel. It lists the records it expects. 4. **Publish the records** — Enter the verification TXT, then the MX, SPF and DKIM records from the admin panel, one by one. 5. **Create mailboxes and aliases** — Add as many as you need. Migadu does not charge per mailbox. ## Which DNS records does Migadu use? **Migadu's admin panel is the authoritative source; secondary guides report two MX hosts, an SPF include and three DKIM CNAMEs.** Postelva opened Migadu's pricing page, but Migadu's own DNS guide returned an error on 12 November 2026, so these values rest on third-party guides and are not verified: MX aspmx1.migadu.com at priority 10 and aspmx2.migadu.com at 20, an SPF of v=spf1 include:spf.migadu.com -all, DKIM CNAMEs key1._domainkey, key2._domainkey and key3._domainkey pointing to key#.yourdomain._domainkey.migadu.com, and a DMARC TXT at _dmarc. Do not publish those strings from memory. Copy the exact records from your Migadu admin panel, and compare against them using [how to set up DKIM](https://postelva.com/guides/dkim-setup/ "How to set up DKIM for a custom email domain"). Migadu's support can help change DNS and, in some cases, set it up for you. ## How does Migadu pricing differ from other providers? **Migadu bills the account and caps daily traffic, while Proton, Mailbox.org and Fastmail bill per user or per plan with address limits.** On Micro, 19 USD buys unlimited mailboxes and aliases within 200 incoming and 20 outgoing messages a day; Mini raises that to 1,000 and 100 for 90 USD. That suits a family or a freelancer who wants many names and little traffic. The comparison table is in the [index of email providers that support custom domains](https://postelva.com/data/email-provider-custom-domain-index-2026/ "Which email providers support custom domains in 2026?"). Micro is not sold monthly. Mini costs 9 USD a month, Standard 29 USD and Maxi 99 USD. Migadu offers no end-to-end encryption by default. Its jurisdiction was not re-verified, so none is stated here. ## Can I pay Migadu in crypto? **Yes, on request: Migadu's site lists no crypto option, but its support can give a wallet address, and the payment is credited in USD to the account balance.** Subscriptions run through Stripe or PayPal, and PayPal can prepay a balance. That detail comes from Postelva's research file, not from an official Migadu page, so ask Migadu's support before sending anything. The domain is a separate purchase. At Postelva a .com costs $12.49/year every year, payable in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC from a prepaid balance, with a minimum top-up of $25. According to Postelva's count of 12 November 2026, Migadu is the only one of the 7 providers in these guides whose subscription is documented as payable in crypto on request, which pairs naturally with a crypto-paid domain. ## How do aliases and catch-all work on a Migadu domain? **Aliases are unlimited on every plan, so a separate address per service costs nothing extra.** Whether Migadu offers a catch-all was not verified on an official page, so see the provider-by-provider view in [how to use a catch-all address and aliases](https://postelva.com/guides/catch-all-and-aliases/ "How to use a catch-all address and aliases on your own domain") and check Migadu's admin. For DMARC, start with p=none and a report address, then tighten, following [how to set up DMARC](https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ "How to set up DMARC: p=none to p=reject"). Postelva has no Migadu template, since one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing; the DNS editor still offers free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). usually within minutes of the top-up being credited, and email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. A custom domain at Migadu stays portable: Micro has almost unlimited domains and Mini and above have unlimited ones. ## Questions about Migadu and custom domains ### Is Migadu cheaper than Proton Mail for one person? On paper yes: Micro is 19 USD a year, against 47.88 USD a year for Proton Mail Plus after the first year. The limits differ: Micro allows 200 incoming and 20 outgoing messages a day. ### What happens when I reach the daily limit? The limits apply to the whole account, so the plan must match your daily volume. Move to Mini or above if you approach them. ### Do I need a verification TXT record? Migadu shows a TXT in its admin panel, but its format was not verified. Copy it from there. ### Does storage ever block my mail? Storage limits are soft, so mail is not bounced when a mailbox grows past them. **In summary** - Migadu prices: Micro 19 USD, Mini 90 USD, Standard 290 USD, Maxi 990 USD a year. - Mini and above allow unlimited domains; Micro has a soft limit. - Daily limits: Micro 200 in / 20 out, Mini 1,000 / 100. - Copy MX, SPF and DKIM from the Migadu admin: its DNS guide was unavailable. - Crypto is possible on request through Migadu support, not on its site. - Postelva sells the domain: a .com is $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [Migadu pricing](https://www.migadu.com/pricing/) — Migadu (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Proton Mail pricing](https://proton.me/mail/pricing) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I move email to a new provider without losing mail? > Lower the MX TTL to 300 to 600 seconds 24 to 48 hours ahead, import the old archive, switch MX last, keep the old account until mail is confirmed. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/move-email-provider-without-downtime/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) A move between providers loses mail only when the steps run in the wrong order. With your own domain the order is: prepare, copy, switch, confirm, clean up. **Quick answer — How do I move email to a new provider without losing mail?** Lower the TTL of your MX records to 300 to 600 seconds 24 to 48 hours ahead, import the old archive into the new mailbox, change the MX records last, and keep the old account until new mail has arrived. **Postelva** hosts the DNS, so the switch is one edit to two or more records. ## How many records change when you move *Counted by Postelva from the provider help pages read on 12 November 2026. Your provider's screen is authoritative for the exact values.* | New provider | MX | Verification TXT | SPF | DKIM | DMARC | Records in total | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Proton Mail | 2 | 1 | 1 include | 3 CNAME | 1 | 8 | | Mailbox.org | 4 | 1 | 1 include | 4 CNAME | 1 | 11 | | Fastmail | 2 | Not required for MX-only setup | 1 include | 3 CNAME | Not read (not verified) | 6, without DMARC | ## Five steps in the right order 1. **Lower the TTL** — At least 24 to 48 hours before the move, set the TTL of the MX records to 300 to 600 seconds. A change spreads in about the old TTL, so a short value before the change makes the change fast. 2. **Prepare the new mailbox** — Add your domain at the new provider, create the addresses and aliases, and copy the verification record it shows. Do not touch the MX records yet. 3. **Copy the old mail** — Import the archive with the new provider's IMAP import tool while the old account still receives mail. Forwarding alone moves only new mail. 4. **Switch the MX records** — Replace the old MX records with the new ones, add the new SPF include to the existing SPF record and add the DKIM records. Keep the old server accepting mail until the old TTL has passed. 5. **Confirm, then clean up** — Send yourself a test from two outside accounts, check the headers, keep the old account for a while, then raise the TTL again and delete the old records. ## Why does the TTL decide whether mail is lost? **The TTL is the number of seconds a resolver may keep an answer, so it sets how long senders keep using your old MX records.** If the old TTL is 86400 seconds, a sender that looked you up one minute before the change keeps delivering to the old server for up to a day. With a TTL of 300 to 600 seconds the window is five to ten minutes. The rule from deliverability guides is to lower the TTL 24 to 48 hours before the move, so that every cache already holds the short value on the day, and to raise it again afterwards. A typical MX change then settles in 1 to 4 hours, and can take 24 to 48 hours in the worst case. This is vendor guidance, not a standard. Empty answers are cached too, with the TTL of the zone's SOA record (RFC 2308), so a record you create late can stay invisible for a while at some resolvers. ## How do I copy my old mail before the switch? **Import the old archive over IMAP before you change a single MX record.** Proton Mail, for example, documents a switch from Gmail with an import tool, and the advice of provider migration guides converges on the same order: import first, change MX only when the destination is ready, keep the old account until you confirmed that everything arrived. Two habits prevent most losses. First, keep the old mailbox receiving mail while the import runs, because mail that arrives during the copy will be in the old account only. Second, run a second, short import after the MX switch to pick up the messages that landed at the old server during propagation. For the order of work when your address changes provider but not name, read [how to keep your email address when you change provider](https://postelva.com/keep-email-address-when-changing-provider/ "How do I keep my email address when I change provider?"). ## How do I switch the MX records safely? **Remove the old MX records or give the new ones the lowest priority number, and never leave two providers mixed.** Fastmail and Proton Mail both say this in their help pages: with old and new records side by side, mail is delivered to either server unpredictably. An MX record names a mail server and a priority; senders try the lowest number first. The concept is explained in [what an MX record is](https://postelva.com/what-is-an-mx-record/ "What is an MX record?"). At Postelva, the zone is edited in the client area, and one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. A template replaces the MX, SPF and DKIM records for the provider in one action. For Tuta, Mailbox.org, iCloud+ and Migadu you type the MX, TXT and CNAME records in the DNS editor, using the values shown in the provider's own screen. ## What happens to SPF and DKIM during a move? **A domain may publish only one SPF record, so add the new provider's include to the existing record instead of creating a second one.** Proton Mail, Mailbox.org and Mailfence all give the same instruction. Keep the old include in the record until you have stopped sending from the old provider, then remove it: the SPF check allows at most 10 DNS lookups (RFC 7208), and each include counts. DKIM records are different. Each provider uses its own selector names, such as fm1, fm2 and fm3 at Fastmail or protonmail, protonmail2 and protonmail3 at Proton Mail, so the new records can sit next to the old ones until you remove the old provider. Look at the published records with the commands in [how to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records"). ## How do I know the move worked? **Send a test message to the domain from two outside accounts and read the delivery headers.** According to Postelva's index of 12 November 2026, moving to Proton Mail means changing 8 records, to Mailbox.org 11 and to Fastmail 6 (the DMARC record of Fastmail was not read on the pages checked), so a check of each record type is the quickest way to find a missed one. If a message does not arrive, the fault is nearly always one of the causes in [why email is not arriving at a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/email-not-arriving-custom-domain/ "Why is email not arriving at my custom domain?"). Keep the old account for a few weeks, because a sender with a stale cache can still deliver there. When the old account stays empty, raise the TTL to its normal value and remove the old records. ## Moving providers: questions ### How long does the switch take? A typical MX change settles in 1 to 4 hours and can take 24 to 48 hours. Proton Mail asks you to allow up to a day. A short TTL set in advance keeps the window small. ### Do I lose my address when I move? No, if the address is on your own domain: the domain stays at the same registrar and only the records change. An address at the old provider's own domain, such as @proton.me or @tuta.com, cannot move. ### Can I move without importing the old mail? You can, but you lose the archive in the new mailbox. Keep the old account open, or export the mail, until you have what you need. ### Does the move change my domain registration? No. The registration, the renewal date and the owner stay the same. Only the DNS records that point to the mail server change. ### Should I move at a quiet hour? It helps but is not required. What matters is that the MX switch happens after the import and after the TTL was lowered. **In summary** - Lower the MX TTL to 300 to 600 seconds 24 to 48 hours before the move. - Import the archive over IMAP first; forwarding moves only new mail. - Switch the MX records last; do not leave two providers mixed. - One SPF record only; add the new include to it; at most 10 DNS lookups. - Records changed: Proton Mail 8, Mailbox.org 11, Fastmail 6 without DMARC. - Typical propagation is 1 to 4 hours, up to 24 to 48 hours. - Keep the old account until the test mails have arrived. ## Sources 1. [Switch from Gmail to Proton](https://proton.me/support/switch-from-gmail-to-proton) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Custom domain from Namecheap (MX values)](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain-namecheap) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Anti-spoofing for custom domains](https://proton.me/support/anti-spoofing-custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Default DNS records](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060591153) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 5. [mailbox.org KB: custom domain](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/using-emails-with-a-custom-domain/) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 6. [RFC 7208, section 4.6.4](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7208.html#section-4.6.4) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 7. [RFC 2308: negative caching of DNS queries](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2308) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 8. [How long does it take for DNS changes to propagate](https://www.suped.com/knowledge/email-deliverability/technical/how-long-does-it-take-for-dns-record-changes-to-propagate) — Suped (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I set up MTA-STS and TLS-RPT for my domain? > MTA-STS takes a TXT record at _mta-sts, a policy file served over HTTPS at mta-sts.yourdomain, and a TLS-RPT TXT record for reports. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/mta-sts-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) MTA-STS tells other mail servers to deliver to you only over verified TLS. It needs two DNS records and one small file on a web host. **Quick answer — How do I set up MTA-STS and TLS-RPT?** Publish a TXT record at _mta-sts.yourdomain with v=STSv1 and an id, serve a policy file at https://mta-sts.yourdomain/.well-known/mta-sts.txt with a valid certificate, and add a TXT record at _smtp._tls for TLS-RPT reports (RFC 8461 and RFC 8460). **Postelva** hosts the DNS records; the policy file needs an HTTPS web host. ## The four pieces of an MTA-STS and TLS-RPT setup *Names and formats from RFC 8461 and RFC 8460, read on 12 November 2026.* | Piece | Where | Content | Hosted at | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | MTA-STS record | TXT at _mta-sts.example.com | v=STSv1; id=20261112T000000Z | Your DNS (free DNS at Postelva) | | Web host name | A, AAAA or CNAME at mta-sts.example.com | Points to a web server | Your DNS | | Policy file | https://mta-sts.example.com/.well-known/mta-sts.txt | version, mode, mx lines, max_age | A web host with HTTPS and a valid certificate | | TLS-RPT record | TXT at _smtp._tls.example.com | v=TLSRPTv1; rua=mailto:tlsrpt@example.com | Your DNS | ## Set up MTA-STS in six steps 1. **List your MX hosts** — The policy must name the mail hosts of your provider. Proton Mail uses mail.protonmail.ch and mailsec.protonmail.ch, Mailbox.org uses mxext1 to mxext4.mailbox.org. 2. **Set up the web host name** — In the DNS editor, add a record for mta-sts that points to a web server you control, and obtain a valid certificate for mta-sts.yourdomain. 3. **Publish the policy file in testing mode** — Create the file mta-sts.txt in the folder .well-known, with mode: testing and a short max_age. 4. **Add the TXT record _mta-sts** — Publish v=STSv1; id= followed by a unique value, such as the date and time. 5. **Add the TLS-RPT record** — Publish the TXT record at _smtp._tls with an rua mailto address, and read the daily reports. 6. **Switch to enforce** — When the reports show no failure for your own MX hosts, change the mode to enforce, raise max_age, and update the id. *DNS records and policy file (mode testing)* ```dns ; DNS records _mta-sts.example.com. IN TXT "v=STSv1; id=20261112T000000Z" _smtp._tls.example.com. IN TXT "v=TLSRPTv1; rua=mailto:tlsrpt@example.com" mta-sts.example.com. IN CNAME webhost.example.net. ; File served at https://mta-sts.example.com/.well-known/mta-sts.txt version: STSv1 mode: testing mx: mail.protonmail.ch mx: mailsec.protonmail.ch max_age: 86400 ``` ## What does MTA-STS protect? **MTA-STS lets a mail domain declare that it supports TLS and that senders must refuse delivery to any of its MX hosts that cannot present a valid certificate.** RFC 8461, a Proposed Standard of September 2018, defines it. Without it, server-to-server encryption is opportunistic: a sender tries STARTTLS and, if an attacker strips it, sends the message in clear text. With a policy in enforce mode, a sender that supports MTA-STS fetches your policy, checks that the MX host appears in the mx list, and requires a valid TLS connection with a certificate that matches. If any check fails, the message waits and is not delivered over a weaker channel. It protects incoming mail only, and it works only for senders that implement it. It does not authenticate messages: that is the job of the records in [SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC](https://postelva.com/spf-vs-dkim-vs-dmarc/ "SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC: what is the difference?"). ## What goes into the policy file? **The policy file is a plain text file of key: value lines with the version, the mode, the allowed MX patterns and a lifetime in seconds.** RFC 8461 defines these fields. version must be STSv1. mode is enforce (senders must not deliver to hosts that fail the checks), testing (delivery may go ahead, and senders that support TLS-RPT send failure reports) or none (as if no policy existed). Each mx line names a host in full, for example mail.protonmail.ch, or uses a wildcard on the leftmost label, such as *.example.net. max_age is a number of seconds, at most 31,557,600, and the RFC says it should typically be weeks or more. Its example uses 604800, one week. The file must be served over HTTPS at mta-sts.yourdomain with a certificate valid for that name. Only an HTTP 200 answer counts and redirects must not be followed, which rules out URL forwarding, a service that answers with a redirect. The file should be sent as text/plain. Use a small web host or a static page host that you control. The mx lines must match your provider's records as listed in [what an MX record is](https://postelva.com/what-is-an-mx-record/ "What is an MX record?"). ## What are the id and the update order? **The id in the TXT record is a label of 1 to 32 letters and digits that must change whenever the policy changes, so that senders know to fetch the file again.** RFC 8461 says it identifies one instance of a policy and that there is no ordering between ids, so a date-time stamp works well. Update in this order: publish the new policy file first, then change the id. A sender that sees the new id before the new file would cache the old policy again. When you change email provider, the MX hosts change too, so edit the mx lines before you change the MX records, keep the old hosts in the list during the move, and bump the id. A forgotten mx line in enforce mode stops mail from arriving, and the move guide [how to move email to a new provider](https://postelva.com/guides/move-email-provider-without-downtime/ "How to move email to a new provider without losing mail") gives the safe order of the rest. ## What is TLS-RPT and what do the reports contain? **TLS-RPT is a reporting format, RFC 8460, in which sending servers tell you every day how many TLS connections to your domain succeeded or failed.** You publish a TXT record at _smtp._tls.yourdomain with v=TLSRPTv1 and an rua field holding a mailto: or https: address. Mailto reports must carry a valid DKIM signature from the reporting domain. Each report is a JSON document covering one UTC day. It names the policy applied (MTA-STS, DANE or none), counts successful and failed sessions, and gives the failure type, such as certificate-expired or starttls-not-supported, with the sending and receiving IP addresses. This is how you learn that a certificate expired or that an mx line has a typo, before you switch to enforce. Treat the first weeks as the trial run recommended for [DMARC](https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ "How to set up DMARC: p=none to p=reject"). ## Do I need MTA-STS for a personal email domain? **No: MTA-STS is optional hardening, and the large sender rules do not require it.** Google, Yahoo and Microsoft ask bulk senders for SPF, DKIM and DMARC and do not list MTA-STS. For a personal domain at Proton Mail, Fastmail or Mailbox.org, the setup is worth it only if you accept the upkeep of a web host and a certificate. Providers differ. According to Postelva's reading of 12 November 2026 of the DNS setup lists of 4 providers (Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org and Fastmail), 1 lists an MTA-STS record in its own setup (Tuta, a CNAME), and the help pages read for the other three document none. The whole setup is 3 DNS records and 1 file. Check each one with the commands in [how to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records"): dig TXT _mta-sts.example.com +short and dig TXT _smtp._tls.example.com +short. A citable definition: MTA-STS is the policy that makes TLS mandatory when other servers deliver mail to your domain, and TLS-RPT is the daily report that tells you when it fails. ## MTA-STS and TLS-RPT questions ### Can I host the MTA-STS policy file at my DNS provider? Not at a DNS host alone: the file needs a web server answering over HTTPS at mta-sts.yourdomain. URL forwarding does not work, since redirects must not be followed. ### What max_age should I use? RFC 8461 says the value typically ranges from weeks up, with 604800 seconds (one week) in its example. Start with a short value in testing mode and raise it when the reports are clean. ### Is MTA-STS the same as DANE? No. Both protect server-to-server TLS, but DANE relies on DNSSEC and TLSA records, while MTA-STS relies on an HTTPS policy file. TLS-RPT reports on both. ### What happens if my certificate expires in enforce mode? Senders that support MTA-STS stop delivering to your hosts when the certificate of an MX host fails, and the mail waits in their queue. The same applies to a missing mx line, so watch TLS-RPT. ### Do I have to use enforce mode? No. Testing mode already gives you reports, and mode none switches the policy off. **In summary** - MTA-STS (RFC 8461) makes TLS mandatory for mail delivered to your domain. - Setup: a TXT record at _mta-sts, an HTTPS policy file at mta-sts.yourdomain/.well-known/mta-sts.txt and a TXT record at _smtp._tls for TLS-RPT (RFC 8460). - The policy lists mode (enforce, testing, none), mx hosts and max_age, at most 31,557,600 seconds. - Redirects must not be followed, so URL forwarding cannot serve the file. - Change the id every time the policy changes; update the file first, then the TXT record. - Start in testing mode and read the TLS-RPT reports before enforce. - Postelva hosts the DNS records for free; a .com costs $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [RFC 8461, SMTP MTA Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS)](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8461.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 2. [RFC 8460, SMTP TLS Reporting](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8460.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Email sender guidelines](https://support.google.com/a/answer/81126) — Google Workspace Admin Help (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Custom domain and anti-spoofing](https://proton.me/support/anti-spoofing-custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain? > Proton Mail needs 8 DNS records for a custom domain: 1 TXT, 2 MX, 1 SPF, 3 DKIM CNAMEs and 1 DMARC. Mail Plus allows 1 domain. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) A Proton Mail custom domain takes about eight DNS records and one wizard. Here is the order, the exact MX and SPF values, and the checks that tell you it works. **Quick answer — How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain?** To use your own domain with Proton Mail, subscribe to a paid plan, add the domain under Settings > Organization > Domain names, then publish 8 DNS records: one verification TXT, two MX (mail.protonmail.ch at 10, mailsec.protonmail.ch at 20), one SPF, three DKIM CNAMEs and one DMARC. **Postelva** fills them from a template. ## The DNS records Proton Mail asks for *Values from Proton's support pages and Namecheap guide, read 12 November 2026. Verification, DKIM and DMARC values are unique to your domain: copy them from the wizard.* | Record | Type | Host | Value | Priority | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Verification | TXT | @ | protonmail-verification= | - | | Mail server 1 | MX | @ | mail.protonmail.ch | 10 | | Mail server 2 | MX | @ | mailsec.protonmail.ch | 20 | | SPF | TXT | @ | v=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch ~all | - | | DKIM 1 | CNAME | protonmail._domainkey | target shown in the DKIM tab | - | | DKIM 2 | CNAME | protonmail2._domainkey | target shown in the DKIM tab | - | | DKIM 3 | CNAME | protonmail3._domainkey | target shown in the DKIM tab | - | | DMARC | TXT | _dmarc | policy shown in the DMARC tab (Proton recommends p=quarantine) | - | ## Steps, from a bought domain to a working address 1. **Register the domain** — Search your name in the client area, pay from your balance and let the registration finish. Proton does not sell domains, so this happens outside Proton. 2. **Pick a paid Proton plan** — A free Proton account cannot hold a custom domain. Mail Plus covers 1 domain, Proton Unlimited covers 3. 3. **Add the domain in Proton** — Open Settings, All settings, Organization, Domain names, then add your domain. The wizard shows the verification code. 4. **Publish the records** — Apply the Proton Mail template in the DNS editor, paste the verification TXT, then compare each value with the wizard's Review screen. 5. **Verify and create addresses** — Press verify in the wizard, add your addresses, and send a test message from an outside account. *Zone as it should look for example.com (placeholders in angle brackets)* ```dns example.com. TXT "protonmail-verification=" example.com. MX 10 mail.protonmail.ch. example.com. MX 20 mailsec.protonmail.ch. example.com. TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch ~all" protonmail._domainkey.example.com. CNAME protonmail2._domainkey.example.com. CNAME protonmail3._domainkey.example.com. CNAME _dmarc.example.com. TXT "" ``` ## Which Proton plan lets you add a custom domain? **Only a paid plan does: Mail Plus allows 1 custom domain and 10 addresses, and Proton Unlimited allows 3 domains.** Proton's own help page states that all paid plans support custom domains and sends buyers to a domain registrar. In the research behind this page, Mail Plus cost 2.49 USD a month when billed for 12 months (29.88 USD for the first 12 months, then 47.88 USD a year) and Proton Unlimited cost 6.49 USD a month on the same billing (77.88 USD, then 119.88 USD a year). Prices change by region, so read the plan page before paying. Prices and limits for the Duo, Family and business plans were not verified and are left out. The free plan cannot hold a domain at all; the longer answer is in [does Proton Mail Free support custom domains](https://postelva.com/does-proton-mail-free-support-custom-domains/ "Does Proton Mail Free support custom domains?"). If you are still choosing a provider, [Proton Mail vs Tuta for a custom domain](https://postelva.com/proton-mail-vs-tuta-custom-domain/ "Proton Mail vs Tuta for a custom domain") sets the plans side by side. ## How do the MX records work for Proton Mail? **Proton uses two MX records: mail.protonmail.ch at priority 10 and mailsec.protonmail.ch at priority 20.** Senders try the lowest number first and fall back to the second server, as explained in what is an MX record. Delete every other MX record on the domain, or give Proton's two the lowest numbers; two competing providers make delivery unpredictable. Expect the switch to take from minutes to a day. Proton suggests a TTL of 300 seconds when your DNS panel lets you set one, which shortens the wait on any later change. If the panel refuses an empty host or an @, leave the host blank or type the full domain name, as Proton's page advises. ## What do SPF, DKIM and DMARC do for a Proton domain? **They prove that mail from your domain really comes from Proton and tell receivers what to do when it does not.** The SPF record is a TXT at the root that contains include:_spf.protonmail.ch; keep only one SPF record on the domain and add the include to an existing record if you already have one, following how to create an SPF record. DKIM is three CNAME records whose targets are unique to your domain, so copy them exactly from the DKIM tab; the background is in [how to set up DKIM](https://postelva.com/guides/dkim-setup/ "How to set up DKIM for a custom email domain"). For DMARC, Proton recommends a p=quarantine policy and, once legitimate mail passes, a move towards p=reject. Starting with p=none and a report address is a gentler route; the stages are in [how to set up DMARC](https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ "How to set up DMARC: p=none to p=reject"). Since May 2026, DMARC is defined by RFC 9989, which obsoletes RFC 7489. ## How does Postelva help with the Proton records? **Postelva offers a one-click Proton Mail template that publishes the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for you.** It is part of one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. The verification TXT stays manual because the code belongs to your Proton account: paste it in the DNS editor, then compare the template's values with Proton's Review screen. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year, with free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). According to Postelva's count of 12 November 2026, a Proton Mail custom domain needs 8 records, against 6 for Fastmail and 11 for Mailbox.org, so a template saves more on Proton than on Fastmail. usually within minutes of the top-up being credited, and email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. Prices and the full list of extensions are on the pricing page. ## How can you tell that the setup works? **The wizard turns each record green, and a test message in both directions confirms it.** Send one message from an outside account to your new address and one back. Then inspect the records from the command line as described in [how to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records"). A record that was just created can stay missing at some resolvers for a while, because negative answers are cached with the TTL of the zone's SOA record (RFC 2308). Proton accepts Bitcoin as account credit, not as a payment at sign-up: create a free account first, then buy credit. There is no autopay, so pay at least 24 hours before the bill is due. Proton Mail uses two MX records for a custom domain, mail.protonmail.ch at priority 10 and mailsec.protonmail.ch at priority 20, with an SPF include of _spf.protonmail.ch. The domain stays in your name, so you can point it at another provider later without changing your address. ## Questions about Proton Mail and custom domains ### Can I use a free Proton account with my own domain? No. Proton's help page reserves custom domains for paid plans. Mail Plus is the cheapest option and covers 1 domain. ### How long until mail reaches Proton after I change the MX records? Allow from a few minutes up to a day. The delay follows the TTL the old records had when you changed them. ### Do I need to remove my old MX records? Yes, or give Proton's two records the lowest priority numbers. Mixed providers cause mail to land in either place. ### Why does Proton show three DKIM records? They are three CNAME selectors, protonmail, protonmail2 and protonmail3, that let Proton rotate signing keys. Add all three with the exact targets from the DKIM tab. ### Can I pay for the domain and Proton in crypto? The domain, yes: Postelva accepts BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. Proton accepts Bitcoin only, as credit bought after you create a free account. **In summary** - Proton Mail needs a paid plan: Mail Plus has 1 custom domain, Proton Unlimited has 3. - Eight records: 1 verification TXT, 2 MX, 1 SPF, 3 DKIM CNAMEs, 1 DMARC. - MX: mail.protonmail.ch (10) and mailsec.protonmail.ch (20); remove other MX records. - SPF: v=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch ~all, one SPF record only. - Copy verification, DKIM and DMARC values from the Proton wizard. - Postelva sells the domain and a one-click Proton template; a .com is $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [Proton - Custom domain](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Proton - Custom domain from Namecheap (MX values)](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain-namecheap) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Proton - Anti-spoofing for custom domains](https://proton.me/support/anti-spoofing-custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Proton Mail pricing](https://proton.me/mail/pricing) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Proton - Pay with Bitcoin](https://proton.me/support/pay-with-bitcoin) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 6. [RFC 9989 - DMARC](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9989) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How to set up Purelymail with a custom domain? > Purelymail custom domain setup takes 7 DNS records: one MX (mailserver.purelymail.com, 50), SPF, a unique ownership TXT, 3 DKIM CNAMEs, 1 DMARC CNAME. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/purelymail-custom-domain-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Purelymail is built around your own domain, so adding one is the first thing you do. It asks for a single MX record, which keeps the zone short. **Quick answer — How to set up Purelymail with a custom domain?** Add the domain on the Add Domains page of the Purelymail portal, then publish 7 records: one MX mailserver.purelymail.com at priority 50, an SPF TXT, an ownership TXT that differs per user, three DKIM CNAMEs and one DMARC CNAME. **Postelva** sells the domain; Purelymail's simple pricing is $10 a year. ## The seven DNS records for a Purelymail domain *From Purelymail's custom domains documentation, read 12 November 2026. The ownership TXT is different for each user and is displayed in your management portal.* | Record | Type | Host | Value | Priority | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Mail | MX | blank or @ | mailserver.purelymail.com | 50 | | SPF | TXT | blank or @ | v=spf1 include:_spf.purelymail.com ~all | - | | Ownership | TXT | blank or @ | Shown on the Add Domains page of your account | - | | DKIM 1 | CNAME | purelymail1._domainkey | key1.dkimroot.purelymail.com | - | | DKIM 2 | CNAME | purelymail2._domainkey | key2.dkimroot.purelymail.com | - | | DKIM 3 | CNAME | purelymail3._domainkey | key3.dkimroot.purelymail.com | - | | DMARC | CNAME | _dmarc | dmarcroot.purelymail.com | - | ## Steps for a domain bought at Postelva 1. **Register the domain** — Buy it in the Postelva client area. Keep the DNS there so there is one zone to edit. 2. **Add the domain in Purelymail** — In the management portal open Add Domains. The page shows the ownership TXT value for your account. 3. **Replace old MX and SPF records** — Delete any existing MX or SPF records on the name, then add the MX and the SPF TXT with the host left blank, or @ if your editor requires a value. 4. **Add ownership, DKIM and DMARC** — Create the ownership TXT, the three DKIM CNAMEs and the _dmarc CNAME, then save the zone. 5. **Wait for propagation and create users** — Once the portal accepts the domain, add a user such as you@example.com and send a first test message. *The Purelymail zone for example.com* ```dns example.com. MX 50 mailserver.purelymail.com. example.com. TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.purelymail.com ~all" example.com. TXT "" purelymail1._domainkey.example.com. CNAME key1.dkimroot.purelymail.com. purelymail2._domainkey.example.com. CNAME key2.dkimroot.purelymail.com. purelymail3._domainkey.example.com. CNAME key3.dkimroot.purelymail.com. _dmarc.example.com. CNAME dmarcroot.purelymail.com. ``` ## How much does Purelymail cost with your own domain? **Purelymail's pricing page read on 12 November 2026 states a simple price of $10 a year with no hard limit on users, custom domains or storage.** It adds a soft limit: if you use clearly more than $10 a year of resources you may need its advanced pricing, which charges per resource and links to a calculator. The page does not list payment methods and does not mention crypto, so check the checkout before assuming a coin will work. Paying for the mailbox and for the domain separately has a practical benefit: the address belongs to the domain, not to the host. A .com at Postelva costs $12.49/year every year, payable with BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, and you may point it at Purelymail today and at another host later. The idea is explained in [what is a custom email domain](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?"). ## Why are the DKIM and DMARC records CNAMEs? **Purelymail publishes its DKIM keys and a DMARC policy on its own hosts and has you alias them with CNAMEs.** The three DKIM names are purelymail1, purelymail2 and purelymail3 under _domainkey, and _dmarc points at dmarcroot.purelymail.com. Because a CNAME cannot coexist with any other record on the same name, you cannot also write your own DMARC TXT at _dmarc. If you want your own policy with reports sent to an address you control, see [how to set up DMARC](https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ "How to set up DMARC: p=none to p=reject") before you add the CNAME. On Cloudflare, the documentation says the DKIM and DMARC CNAMEs must be set to DNS only and calls this very important. Some registrars reject trailing periods on host names; if yours does, omit them. ## How many records does Purelymail need? **Purelymail needs seven records but only one MX line.** According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, Purelymail's list has 7 records, 1 MX against 2 MX at addy.io and SimpleLogin, and a .com costs $12.49/year at Postelva. The editor supports free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13), which covers MX, TXT and CNAME. usually within minutes of the top-up being credited. When you migrate from another host, publish the new records only after you have created the users, and lower the TTL beforehand as described in [how to move email to a new provider without losing mail](https://postelva.com/guides/move-email-provider-without-downtime/ "How to move email to a new provider without losing mail"). A single MX record also means there is no backup route, so [what is an MX record](https://postelva.com/what-is-an-mx-record/ "What is an MX record?") is worth reading to understand how senders retry. Purelymail uses one MX record for a custom domain, mailserver.purelymail.com at priority 50, plus three DKIM CNAMEs. ## Questions about Purelymail and custom domains ### Is the ownership TXT the same for everyone? No. The documentation says it differs per user. Copy it from the Add Domains page of your own portal. ### Which host do I use for the MX and SPF records? Leave the host blank, or enter @ if your DNS editor will not accept an empty field. Both mean the bare domain. ### What do I do about old MX or SPF records? Update or delete them. A domain with an old MX alongside the Purelymail one would split delivery between two hosts, and two SPF records invalidate each other. ### Does Purelymail accept crypto? The pricing page read today does not mention it. You can pay for the domain with BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC at Postelva and handle the mailbox payment separately. **In summary** - Purelymail: 7 records, 1 MX, SPF, ownership TXT, 3 DKIM CNAMEs, 1 DMARC CNAME. - MX: mailserver.purelymail.com at priority 50. - SPF: v=spf1 include:_spf.purelymail.com ~all. - DKIM: purelymail1, purelymail2, purelymail3 under _domainkey, pointing to key1, key2, key3 at dkimroot.purelymail.com. - DMARC: _dmarc is a CNAME to dmarcroot.purelymail.com. - The ownership TXT is different per user. - Pricing page: $10 a year, no hard domain limit; crypto not mentioned. - Postelva: .com is $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [Purelymail - Custom domains](https://purelymail.com/docs/domainDocs) — Purelymail (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Purelymail - Documentation index](https://purelymail.com/docs) — Purelymail (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Purelymail pricing](https://purelymail.com/pricing) — Purelymail (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How to set up SimpleLogin with a custom domain? > SimpleLogin custom domain needs a Premium plan ($36/year) and 8 DNS records: a unique ownership TXT, MX at 10 and 20, SPF, 3 DKIM CNAMEs and DMARC. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/simplelogin-custom-domain-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) SimpleLogin forwards mail sent to any alias on your domain to the mailbox you already use. Setup is one ownership record, two MX records and, for sending, SPF, DKIM and DMARC. **Quick answer — How to set up SimpleLogin with a custom domain?** On a Premium plan ($36 a year), open the custom domain page in the SimpleLogin dashboard, enter your domain, then publish 8 records: an ownership TXT shown there, MX mx1.simplelogin.co (10) and mx2.simplelogin.co (20), SPF, three DKIM CNAMEs and DMARC. **Postelva** sells the domain and hosts the DNS. ## The eight DNS records for a SimpleLogin domain *From SimpleLogin's Cloudflare and Namecheap registrar guides, read 12 November 2026. The ownership value is unique to your account and is not printed in the documentation.* | Record | Type | Host | Value | Priority | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Ownership | TXT | @ | The string shown on your SimpleLogin domain page | - | | Mail 1 | MX | @ | mx1.simplelogin.co. | 10 | | Mail 2 | MX | @ | mx2.simplelogin.co. | 20 | | SPF | TXT | @ | v=spf1 include:simplelogin.co ~all | - | | DKIM 1 | CNAME | dkim._domainkey | dkim._domainkey.simplelogin.co. | - | | DKIM 2 | CNAME | dkim02._domainkey | dkim02._domainkey.simplelogin.co. | - | | DKIM 3 | CNAME | dkim03._domainkey | dkim03._domainkey.simplelogin.co. | - | | DMARC | TXT | _dmarc | v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; pct=100; adkim=s; aspf=s | - | ## Steps for a domain bought at Postelva 1. **Register the domain** — Buy it in the Postelva client area and keep the nameservers there, so you edit records in one place. 2. **Upgrade the SimpleLogin account** — Custom domains are listed on the Premium plan, so move off the free plan first. 3. **Add the domain** — In the SimpleLogin dashboard open the custom domain page, type the bare domain and continue to the DNS page, which shows your ownership string. 4. **Publish the records** — In the DNS editor delete any old MX record, add the ownership TXT, the two MX records and, to send as your domain, the SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. 5. **Verify and create an alias** — Press Verify on each line in SimpleLogin, retrying after a few minutes if propagation is slow, then create your first alias on the new domain. *The SimpleLogin zone for example.com* ```dns example.com. TXT "" example.com. MX 10 mx1.simplelogin.co. example.com. MX 20 mx2.simplelogin.co. example.com. TXT "v=spf1 include:simplelogin.co ~all" dkim._domainkey.example.com. CNAME dkim._domainkey.simplelogin.co. dkim02._domainkey.example.com. CNAME dkim02._domainkey.simplelogin.co. dkim03._domainkey.example.com. CNAME dkim03._domainkey.simplelogin.co. _dmarc.example.com. TXT "v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; pct=100; adkim=s; aspf=s" ``` ## Which SimpleLogin plan do you need for your own domain? **The Premium plan is the one that lists custom domains; the free plan does not.** On SimpleLogin's pricing page read on 12 November 2026, Free cost $0 with 10 aliases and one mailbox, while Premium cost $36 a year or $4 billed monthly and listed unlimited aliases, unlimited mailboxes, unlimited custom domains, catch-all domains and 5 subdomains. The page names Bitcoin and Monero as crypto options, sold through a reseller called ProxyStore, besides cards and PayPal through Paddle. That split is useful. SimpleLogin never stores your mail, it relays it, so the domain is the permanent part of your address and the plan is the replaceable part. A .com bought at Postelva costs $12.49/year every year, paid with BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, and it stays yours if you later switch from SimpleLogin to a mailbox host. The reasoning is laid out in [what is a custom email domain](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?"). ## Why does the documentation show one DKIM record in one guide and three in another? **SimpleLogin's Namecheap guide lists a single DKIM CNAME, while its Cloudflare guide lists three.** Both were read on 12 November 2026. The Cloudflare page names dkim, dkim02 and dkim03 under _domainkey, each pointing to the same label on simplelogin.co, and requires them to be set to DNS only if you use Cloudflare's proxy. Publishing all three matches the most complete list. Always compare your list with the one on your own SimpleLogin DNS page, which is the authority for your account. The same guides mark SPF, DKIM and DMARC as optional. They are optional for receiving, because forwarding only needs the MX records, but sending as an alias needs them for deliverability. Read [SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC](https://postelva.com/spf-vs-dkim-vs-dmarc/ "SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC: what is the difference?") for the role of each, and [how to set up DKIM](https://postelva.com/guides/dkim-setup/ "How to set up DKIM for a custom email domain") for the selector logic. ## How do catch-all and auto-create work on your domain? **With Catch All enabled, any address at your domain creates an alias the first time it receives mail.** SimpleLogin's domain management page describes this in the domain's Info options, together with Auto Create, which restricts what gets created by a regular expression. Deleted aliases on a custom domain can be restored from a Deleted Alias list. Once the DNS is verified your domain also appears on the New Custom Alias page. Giving each website its own address on your domain makes a leak traceable to the site that sold your data, and the broader pattern is covered in [how to use a catch-all address and aliases](https://postelva.com/guides/catch-all-and-aliases/ "How to use a catch-all address and aliases on your own domain"). To confirm that every record is live from the outside, follow [how to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records"). ## How many records does SimpleLogin need compared with a mailbox provider? **SimpleLogin needs eight records in the complete list, one more than the seven that addy.io needs.** According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, the SimpleLogin list in this guide has 8 lines, of which only the 2 MX records are strictly needed to receive forwarded mail, and a .com costs $12.49/year at Postelva in the first year and every year after. The Postelva DNS editor supports free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13), so every type in the table can be entered, and one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing exist for the providers that have one; SimpleLogin is not among them, so you type its records by hand. usually within minutes of the top-up being credited. SimpleLogin uses two MX records for a custom domain, mx1.simplelogin.co at priority 10 and mx2.simplelogin.co at priority 20, plus an ownership TXT that is different for every account. ## Questions about SimpleLogin and custom domains ### Is the ownership TXT the same for everyone? No. Each account sees its own string on the SimpleLogin domain page, and the documentation does not print it. Copy it from the dashboard and paste it at host @. ### Do I need to remove my old MX records? Yes. The registrar guides tell you to delete existing MX records first, otherwise some senders keep delivering to the old host. Leave only the two SimpleLogin lines. ### Can I use SimpleLogin on a subdomain? Yes, SimpleLogin documents a Namecheap guide for subdomains, where the host labels carry the subdomain name instead of @. The record types stay the same. ### Does SimpleLogin accept crypto? Its pricing page names Bitcoin and Monero through a reseller. Postelva takes BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC for the domain and does not accept Monero. ### Does SimpleLogin host my mailbox? No. It forwards to a mailbox you already have, so you still need an inbox elsewhere. The domain and the aliases remain yours either way. **In summary** - SimpleLogin lists custom domains on Premium: $36 a year or $4 a month. - 8 records: ownership TXT, 2 MX, SPF, 3 DKIM CNAMEs, DMARC. - MX: mx1.simplelogin.co. (10) and mx2.simplelogin.co. (20). - SPF: v=spf1 include:simplelogin.co ~all. - DKIM hosts: dkim._domainkey, dkim02._domainkey, dkim03._domainkey. - The ownership TXT is unique to your account. - Only the two MX records are needed to receive; the rest enable sending. - Postelva: .com is $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [SimpleLogin - Add a custom domain](https://simplelogin.io/docs/custom-domain/add-domain/) — SimpleLogin (read 2026-11-12) 2. [SimpleLogin - Namecheap registrar guide](https://simplelogin.io/docs/custom-domain/registrars/namecheap/namecheap/) — SimpleLogin (read 2026-11-12) 3. [SimpleLogin - Cloudflare registrar guide](https://simplelogin.io/docs/custom-domain/registrars/cloudflare/cloudflare/) — SimpleLogin (read 2026-11-12) 4. [SimpleLogin - Manage a domain](https://simplelogin.io/docs/custom-domain/manage-domain/) — SimpleLogin (read 2026-11-12) 5. [SimpleLogin pricing](https://simplelogin.io/pricing/) — SimpleLogin (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I create an SPF record for a custom domain? > Publish one TXT record starting v=spf1 with your provider's include and ~all; SPF allows at most 10 DNS lookups and one record per domain. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/spf-record-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) An SPF record is one line of text in DNS. It takes five minutes to publish and one mistake, a second record, to break. **Quick answer — How do I create an SPF record for a custom domain?** Create one TXT record at the root of your domain that starts with v=spf1, add your email provider's include (for Proton Mail, include:_spf.protonmail.ch) and end with ~all. A domain may have only one SPF record and SPF allows at most 10 DNS lookups. **Postelva** hosts the TXT record in its free DNS editor. ## SPF values of four email providers *Read on provider help pages on 12 November 2026. For Tuta, iCloud+, Migadu and Zoho Mail, copy the value from the provider's own setup screen.* | Provider | Include to add | Typical full record | | --- | --- | --- | | Proton Mail | include:_spf.protonmail.ch | v=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch ~all | | Mailbox.org | include:mailbox.org | v=spf1 include:mailbox.org ~all | | Fastmail | include:spf.messagingengine.com | v=spf1 include:spf.messagingengine.com ?all | | Mailfence | include:_spf.mailfence.com | v=spf1 include:_spf.mailfence.com -all (only Mailfence sends) or ~all (other senders too) | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## Create the record in five steps 1. **List every service that sends as your domain** — Write down your mailbox provider and any other tool that sends in your name: a newsletter service, a help desk, a website contact form. Each one needs a place in the record. 2. **Check whether an SPF record already exists** — Look at the TXT records at the root (@) of the domain. If one starts with v=spf1, edit it. Never create a second one. 3. **Build the value** — Start with v=spf1, add one include: for each sending service, and finish with ~all. Example for Proton Mail alone: v=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch ~all. 4. **Publish it as a TXT record** — In the DNS editor, add a TXT record with host @ and the value above. Keep it as a single line. 5. **Check the result** — Look the record up with dig TXT example.com +short and confirm that exactly one line starts with v=spf1. Then send a test message to an address at another provider. *One SPF record, one provider, then two senders* ```dns ; Proton Mail only example.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch ~all" ; Proton Mail plus a second sending service (one record, two includes) example.com. IN TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch include:spf.sender.example ~all" ``` ## What does an SPF record contain? **An SPF record is a TXT record that starts with v=spf1 and continues with mechanisms, each with an optional qualifier.** RFC 7208 defines the mechanisms all, include, a, mx, ip4, ip6, exists and ptr, and the modifier redirect. The qualifier decides the result when a mechanism matches: + pass (the default), - fail, ~ softfail and ? neutral. For a domain that uses an email provider, one mechanism does nearly all the work: include. It tells the receiver to evaluate the SPF record of the provider's domain and to treat a match there as a match for yours. You never copy IP addresses by hand, so the provider can change its servers without touching your DNS. If you send from a server of your own, ip4 and ip6 list its addresses and cost no lookup. SPF is published as a TXT record. A single TXT string is limited to 255 octets, and a longer record is split into several strings that the receiver joins without a space. Most DNS editors do the splitting for you. ## Why can a domain have only one SPF record? **If two TXT records both start with v=spf1, the receiver cannot choose and returns a permanent error, so every message fails SPF.** RFC 7208 states that a domain must not have more than one SPF record. Proton, Mailbox.org and Mailfence all give the same advice: when you add a service, put its include into the record that exists. The usual cause is a move. You publish the new provider's record and forget the old one. Open the TXT list, merge the two lines into one, and delete the leftover. When you change provider for good, replace the old include instead of adding to it. The move itself is described in [how to move email to a new provider without losing mail](https://postelva.com/guides/move-email-provider-without-downtime/ "How to move email to a new provider without losing mail"). ## What is the 10-lookup limit in SPF? **SPF evaluation stops with a permanent error after 10 DNS-querying terms, so a record that needs 11 fails for every sender.** The terms that count are include, a, mx, ptr, exists and the redirect modifier. The mechanisms all, ip4 and ip6 do not count. RFC 7208 also says implementations should stop after two void lookups, which return nothing or a non-existent domain. An include counts as one lookup plus every lookup inside the included record. One mailbox provider is therefore cheap, but a stack of a mail host, a newsletter service, a help desk and a website form adds up. Remove the services you no longer use first. When a tool publishes fixed IP addresses, ip4 and ip6 ranges cost nothing. The exact nested count of each provider was not measured by Postelva, so test your final record with a lookup before you rely on it, as shown in [how to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records"). ## Should I end my SPF record with ~all or -all? **Use ~all unless you control every sender: it marks other servers as suspicious without asking receivers to refuse the mail outright.** The qualifier on all is the verdict for any server that matched nothing earlier. -all means fail, ~all means softfail, ?all means neutral. A hard -all is stricter, but RFC 9989 warns that it can cause a receiver to reject a message before DMARC even runs, which hides a forwarded message that DKIM would have saved. For that reason the record Proton and Mailbox.org show ends in ~all. According to Postelva's comparison of 12 November 2026, the three providers with a full SPF value on their help pages (Proton Mail, Mailbox.org, Fastmail) each use exactly 1 include, so a single-provider record costs 1 lookup, and two of them end in ~all while Fastmail's value ends in ?all. Whatever the ending, DMARC does the enforcing. Set the policy there, as explained in the guide to [setting up DMARC](https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ "How to set up DMARC: p=none to p=reject"). The three records are compared in [SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC](https://postelva.com/spf-vs-dkim-vs-dmarc/ "SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC: what is the difference?"). ## What does SPF check, and what does it not? **SPF checks the server behind the envelope sender and the HELO name, not the From address in the message that the reader sees.** A message can pass SPF for a domain nobody notices and still show your domain in the From line. DMARC closes that gap by requiring alignment between the two. SPF also does not survive plain forwarding, because a forwarder delivers from its own IP address. A citable rule of thumb: SPF authorizes servers, one record per domain, 10 lookups at most. For a domain that sends nothing, publish v=spf1 -all and the Postelva "no email" template; for a domain that sends and receives, one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. ## SPF record questions ### Where do I put the SPF record? In a TXT record at the root of the domain, host @ in most DNS editors. SPF has no separate record type, and the old SPF type is not used. ### How long does an SPF change take to work? The change spreads in about the old TTL of the record, often within an hour or two. A resolver that cached a missing record can keep answering with the old result for the zone's negative-cache time. ### Do I need an SPF record if I only receive email? Yes, a short one: publish v=spf1 -all to say that no server sends as the domain. This stops others from using the name in forged messages. ### Can I add my website's contact form to the record? Yes, with its include or its IP address. If it sends through your mailbox provider, no extra entry is needed. If it sends from your web host, add that host as a source. ### Is a ptr mechanism useful? No. RFC 7208 marks ptr as do not use. It is slow and counts toward the 10-lookup limit. **In summary** - SPF is one TXT record at the domain root that starts with v=spf1. - Publish only one SPF record per domain; two records give a permanent error. - Evaluation stops after 10 DNS-querying terms: include, a, mx, ptr, exists, redirect. - ip4, ip6 and all do not count toward the limit. - Proton Mail: v=spf1 include:_spf.protonmail.ch ~all; Mailbox.org: v=spf1 include:mailbox.org ~all. - ~all is the usual ending; DMARC does the enforcing. - Postelva hosts the record in free DNS; a .com costs $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [RFC 7208, Sender Policy Framework (SPF), sections 4.5 and 4.6.4](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7208.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 2. [RFC 9989, DMARC, section 7.1](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9989.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Custom domain and anti-spoofing](https://proton.me/support/anti-spoofing-custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 4. [SPF, DKIM and DMARC for a custom domain](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/spf-dkim-and-dmarc/) — Mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Fastmail DNS help](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060591153) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How to set up Tuta with a custom domain? > Tuta custom domains need a paid plan (3 domains on Revolutionary, 10 on Legend) and MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records copied from its wizard. - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/tuta-custom-domain-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Tuta walks you through a domain wizard in Global Settings. This guide lists what it asks for, which values are fixed and which you must copy from the screen. **Quick answer — How to set up Tuta with a custom domain?** Subscribe to a paid Tuta plan (Revolutionary allows 3 custom domains, Legend 10), open Global Settings > Custom email domains, add your domain, then publish the records the wizard displays: a verification TXT, MX, SPF, two DKIM CNAMEs and DMARC. **Postelva** sells the domain; you type the Tuta records by hand. ## What to enter at your DNS host for Tuta *Fixed values are marked. Everything else must be copied from Tuta's domain wizard, which Postelva could not read from an official page on 12 November 2026.* | Record | Type | What to enter | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Ownership | TXT | Value shown in the setup wizard | Copy from Tuta | | Mail server | MX | Host and priority shown in the wizard (Tuta's own mail host is mail.tutanota.de) | Copy from Tuta | | SPF | TXT | Value shown in the wizard | Copy from Tuta | | DKIM | CNAME x 2 | Names and targets shown in the wizard | Copy from Tuta | | DMARC | TXT at _dmarc | Value given in the wizard; recommended, not required | Copy from Tuta | | MTA-STS | CNAME | Listed by Tuta among its setup records | Copy from Tuta | ## Steps, from domain to first message 1. **Buy the domain elsewhere** — Tuta does not sell domains. Register yours in the Postelva client area and open its DNS editor. 2. **Choose a plan with custom domains** — Revolutionary allows 3 custom domains and Legend 10. The free plan does not allow any. 3. **Start the wizard** — In the Tuta web app open Global Settings, then Custom email domains, and add the domain. 4. **Add the TXT, then the MX** — Create the ownership TXT first and let Tuta verify it. Then replace your old MX records with the ones Tuta shows. 5. **Add SPF, DKIM and DMARC** — Enter each remaining record exactly as displayed and press the check button until every line is green. 6. **Create the addresses** — Add users or aliases on the domain and, if you want one, set a catch-all mailbox. ## Which Tuta plan includes custom domains? **Tuta's Revolutionary plan includes 3 custom domains, the Legend plan 10, and only the top business tier is unlimited.** A free Tuta account cannot add a domain. Tuta's pricing page shows add-on users at 3 EUR and 8 EUR a month for the two plans, but the plan prices and the alias counts are inconsistent on the page, so this guide gives no monthly figure and no alias limit. Check both on tuta.com before paying. Payment is the catch for crypto buyers: Tuta takes credit card, PayPal and bank transfer for subscriptions, and crypto only indirectly, through gift cards. The comparison with Proton, including the limits side by side, is in [Proton Mail vs Tuta for a custom domain](https://postelva.com/proton-mail-vs-tuta-custom-domain/ "Proton Mail vs Tuta for a custom domain"). ## Why must you copy the Tuta records from the wizard? **Because Tuta generates part of the values per domain, and a typo in a DNS record fails silently.** The ownership TXT and the DKIM entries are specific to your account. Secondary sources report mail.tutanota.de as the MX host and two DKIM selectors, s1 and s2, but neither is confirmed by a Tuta page Postelva could open, so do not trust a third-party copy, including this one. Take every value from the wizard. That is also why the table above carries no invented strings. The principle for DKIM is explained in [how to set up DKIM](https://postelva.com/guides/dkim-setup/ "How to set up DKIM for a custom email domain"): the receiver fetches a public key from a name you publish, so one wrong character breaks the signature. ## Does Postelva have a one-click template for Tuta? **No: Tuta is one of four providers in this series with no template, so you type its records in the DNS editor.** Postelva offers one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. Tuta, Mailbox.org, iCloud+ and Migadu are not in that list. According to Postelva's count of 12 November 2026, 3 of the 7 providers with a setup guide here have a template and 4 do not. The editor supports free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13), so every record type Tuta uses is available. A .com costs $12.49/year a year, the same on renewal, and email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. If the domain is not showing as verified, start with [how to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records"). ## How do catch-all and aliases work on a Tuta domain? **Tuta supports a catch-all mailbox per custom domain, set from the domain's three-dot menu.** In Global Settings > Custom email domains, open the menu of the domain and choose to set a catch-all mailbox. Tuta's support says plus addressing is not supported on Tuta-owned domains; whether it works on custom domains is not confirmed, so test it before relying on it. A catch-all also attracts spam, so weigh it against named aliases, as covered in [how to use a catch-all address and aliases](https://postelva.com/guides/catch-all-and-aliases/ "How to use a catch-all address and aliases on your own domain"). Tuta, based in Germany, encrypts mail automatically between Tuta users with its own scheme; mail to other providers is not end-to-end encrypted by default. Your address, though, belongs to the domain, so leaving Tuta later only means changing the MX records. Tuta's own blog recommends outside registrars for the domain and lists none of its own, which makes the domain a separate purchase for every Tuta user. Keep the registration in your name and the mailbox stays portable. ## Questions about Tuta and custom domains ### Can I use Tuta Free with my own domain? No. Custom domains start with the paid Revolutionary plan, which allows 3 of them. ### Why is there no ready-made record list on this page? Tuta shows the exact values in its wizard, and Postelva could not confirm them on an official page. Copying from the wizard is safer than copying from a guide. ### Can I pay Tuta in crypto? Not directly for a subscription. Tuta accepts cards, PayPal and bank transfer, and crypto only through gift cards. The domain itself can be paid with BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC at Postelva. ### Do I need DMARC for Tuta? Tuta lists it as recommended, not required. Add it anyway, starting at p=none, because Gmail and Yahoo require it from bulk senders. ### How long does verification take? Usually minutes, but a DNS change can need up to a day to reach every resolver. Press the check button again before changing anything. **In summary** - Tuta custom domains need a paid plan: Revolutionary has 3, Legend has 10. - Add the domain under Global Settings > Custom email domains. - Records: ownership TXT, MX, SPF, two DKIM CNAMEs, DMARC and an MTA-STS CNAME, all copied from the wizard. - Postelva has no one-click Tuta template: 4 of 7 guide providers need hand-typed records. - Tuta takes cards, PayPal and bank transfer; crypto only via gift cards. - A catch-all is set per domain from the domain's menu. ## Sources 1. [Tuta pricing](https://tuta.com/pricing) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Tuta - How to get a domain name and email](https://tuta.com/blog/own-domain-email) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Tuta - How to set up and use Tuta Mail](https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-set-up-and-use-tuta-mail) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Tuta - SPF, DMARC, DKIM for custom domains](https://tuta.com/blog/posts/dkim-custom-email-domain) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Tuta - Cryptocurrency support](https://tuta.com/blog/cryptocurrency-support) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How to set up Zoho Mail free with a custom domain? > Zoho Mail Free allows 1 custom domain and up to 5 users with 5 GB each, without IMAP or POP. MX: mx.zoho.com (10), mx2 (20), mx3 (50). - URL: https://postelva.com/guides/zoho-mail-custom-domain-setup/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Zoho Mail Free is the only free plan in this series that accepts your own domain. Its limits matter as much as the records, so both are covered here. **Quick answer — How to set up Zoho Mail free with a custom domain?** Create a Zoho Mail Free account, add your domain in the admin console, verify it with the TXT record Zoho shows, then point three MX records at Zoho: mx.zoho.com at priority 10, mx2.zoho.com at 20, mx3.zoho.com at 50. The free plan covers 1 domain and 5 users. **Postelva** has a one-click Zoho template. ## Zoho Mail Free limits and DNS values *From Zoho's pricing and MX configuration pages, read 12 November 2026. Zoho states that MX values differ by data center (EU, RU, CN).* | Item | Value | | --- | --- | | Price | 0 for Mail Free | | Custom domains | 1 | | Users | Up to 5, with 5 GB of mail storage each | | IMAP, POP, ActiveSync | Not included on the free plan | | MX 1 | mx.zoho.com, priority 10 | | MX 2 | mx2.zoho.com, priority 20 | | MX 3 | mx3.zoho.com, priority 50 | | Verification, SPF, DKIM | Shown in the admin console for your domain | ## Steps, from sign-up to a working address 1. **Register the domain** — Buy it in the Postelva client area. Zoho has one-click verification only for GoDaddy and 1&1, so with another registrar you verify by hand. 2. **Create the free account** — Choose Mail Free, which is available only in some data centers, and add your domain in the admin console. 3. **Verify ownership** — Publish the TXT record that Zoho displays and press the verification button. 4. **Replace the MX records** — Delete the existing MX records, then add the three Zoho hosts. Apply the Zoho template in the DNS editor to do it in one click. 5. **Add SPF and DKIM from the console** — Copy both from the admin console and publish them. Keep a single SPF record on the domain. 6. **Send a test message** — Write from an outside account to your new address and back, and look at the headers if anything fails. ## What does Zoho Mail Free really include? **It includes 1 custom domain, up to 5 users and 5 GB of mail storage per user, and it leaves out IMAP, POP and Exchange ActiveSync.** The missing protocols mean you read mail in Zoho's web app or its own apps, not in a standard mail client. Zoho adds that the free plan exists only in certain data centers, and that a sixth user moves everyone to a paid plan. File storage is not included. The paid Mail Lite and Mail Premium plans are billed annually; their prices were blank on the page Postelva read, so none is quoted here. For the wider picture of what a domain brings you, see [what is a custom email domain](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?"). ## Which MX records does Zoho use? **Three: mx.zoho.com at priority 10, mx2.zoho.com at 20 and mx3.zoho.com at 50.** Those are the generic .com values on Zoho's help page, and the page warns that the values differ by data center (EU, RU, CN). Open Tools and Configurations in the admin console and copy the set shown for your account if your data center is not the default one. List only these three on the domain, because other MX records compete for your mail. The trailing dot is optional, depending on your DNS host, and Zoho advises the lowest TTL available. A domain checker confirms it: see [how to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records"). ## Where do I find Zoho's SPF and DKIM values? **In the admin console, because Postelva could not confirm them from an official Zoho page.** A commonly quoted SPF is v=spf1 include:zoho.com ~all, but regional data centers can differ and it is not verified, so use the console. The DKIM record is a TXT generated per domain, and the DMARC value is also yours to write. Remember that an SPF record is limited to 10 DNS lookups under RFC 7208, a limit explained in [how to create an SPF record](https://postelva.com/guides/spf-record-setup/ "How to create an SPF record for a custom domain"). If the mail does not arrive after publishing, the troubleshooting table in [why is email not arriving at my custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/email-not-arriving-custom-domain/ "Why is email not arriving at my custom domain?") covers old MX records, caching and typos. ## Why pair Zoho Free with a Postelva domain? **Because the free mailbox is only as portable as the domain you attach to it.** A .com at Postelva costs $12.49/year a year, the same price every renewal, and the domain stays in your name when you outgrow the free plan. According to Postelva's count of 12 November 2026, Zoho Mail Free is the only free plan among the 7 providers in these setup guides that accepts a custom domain, so total yearly cost is the domain alone. Postelva includes one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing; Zoho is on that list. The editor offers free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13), usually within minutes of the top-up being credited, and email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. Zoho Mail Free is a zero-cost way to test a domain: the free plan covers 1 domain and 5 users, and the address you build there moves with you. ## Questions about Zoho Mail Free and custom domains ### Can I use Outlook or Thunderbird with Zoho Mail Free? Not through IMAP or POP, which the free plan excludes. Use the web app or Zoho's mobile apps. ### What happens with a sixth user? Zoho moves all users to a paid plan from the sixth user on. Plan for 5 or fewer on the free tier. ### Is Zoho Mail Free available everywhere? No. Zoho says it is available only in some data centers, so check the sign-up page for your region. ### Can I pay for the domain in crypto? Yes, at Postelva: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, with a minimum top-up of $25. Zoho's own payment options for paid plans were not verified. **In summary** - Zoho Mail Free: 1 custom domain, up to 5 users, 5 GB each, no IMAP or POP. - MX: mx.zoho.com (10), mx2.zoho.com (20), mx3.zoho.com (50). - MX values differ by data center: check the admin console. - Verification, SPF and DKIM come from the console. - A sixth user pushes everyone to a paid plan. - Postelva has a one-click Zoho template; a .com is $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [Zoho Mail pricing](https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html) — Zoho (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Zoho - Configure email delivery (MX records)](https://www.zoho.com/mail/help/adminconsole/configure-email-delivery.html) — Zoho (read 2026-11-12) 3. [RFC 7208 - SPF, section 4.6.4](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7208.html#section-4.6.4) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How does Postelva work? > Postelva works in five steps: search a name, verify one email, top up in crypto, get the domain, apply a DNS template. No ID is requested. - URL: https://postelva.com/how-it-works/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) From the first search to an address that receives mail at your provider: what you do, what we do, and what you manage afterwards. **Quick answer — How does Postelva work?** To use **Postelva**, search one of 14 extensions, give one email address that gets verified, and pay from a crypto balance topped up with BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC from $25. The domain is registered in your name, usually within minutes of the top-up being credited, and a DNS template then points it at your mail provider. No ID is requested. ## The five steps at a glance *What you do, and what happens on our side.* | Step | What you do | What happens | | --- | --- | --- | | 1. Search | Type the name and pick an extension in the [domain search](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en "Search a domain name for your email address") | The price shown is the price of every year, not only the first | | 2. One email | Give one email address for the domain | It is verified as ICANN requires and kept private | | 3. Top up | Pay in crypto from a prepaid balance | The payment is matched by its exact amount, then credited once confirmed | | 4. Registration | Nothing, apart from reading your email | The domain is registered in your name usually within minutes of the top-up being credited | | 5. Email setup | Pick the template of your provider, or type the records by hand | MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records are added to your DNS zone | ## What does Postelva sell, and what does it leave to your email provider? **Postelva sells the domain name, not the mailbox.** You buy yourname.com here, and the mail itself stays at Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, iCloud+, Migadu or any provider that accepts custom domains. This split is what keeps your address portable. When you change provider, you change a few DNS records and the address stays the same, as the page on [what a custom email domain is](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?") explains. Postelva sells 14 extensions chosen for email addresses, from .com to .link, each at one price every year. ## How do I search and pick a name? **You search in the client area, and the price you see is the price you will pay every year.** There is no first-year promotion and no renewal jump, so a five-year budget is five times the displayed price. Short names read well on a phone and survive being spelled aloud, so check the name aloud before you pay. If the name is taken between your search and your payment, or if the registry refuses it, if a domain cannot be registered (taken in the meantime, refused by the registry), the full amount goes back to your balance. ## Why do I give an email address if there is no KYC? **ICANN rules require one working contact email for each domain, and checking it is a contact check, not an identity check.** It is the only contact data we collect. It is kept private, and it must be verified: the registrant email is verified after registration, as ICANN rules require (within 15 days). Read the verification message and click its link. A domain whose email stays unverified can be suspended, so use an address you will keep reading. The [privacy policy](https://postelva.com/legal/privacy/ "What data does Postelva collect?") lists exactly what we hold. ## How payment works 1. **Top up $25 or more** — Choose the amount and the coin (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC). The crypto amount and its rate are locked for 30 minutes. 2. **Send it to the address shown, on the exact network** — The payment page shows our deposit address for the coin and network you picked: BTC on Bitcoin, USDT on Tron (TRC-20) or Ethereum (ERC-20), USDC on Ethereum (ERC-20), ETH on Ethereum, SOL on Solana, LTC on Litecoin. Send only that coin on that network: funds sent on another network or in another coin can’t be recovered. The network fee comes on top of the amount. 3. **Send the exact amount shown, then click “I’ve sent the payment”** — Each top-up has its own exact amount (down to the last decimals): that is how we find your payment and link it to your account. 4. **Credited once your payment is checked on the blockchain** — Your balance is credited once we have checked the transaction on the blockchain, after the network has confirmed it. Typical network confirmation times: 5. **One balance for every domain** — If you started from a domain search, the top-up is the price of your cart (or the minimum, for a smaller cart), and the domains in your cart are registered once the top-up is credited. What is left stays on your balance for renewals, transfers, Domain protection and new domains. Unused balance stays on your account and never expires, and it pays for new domains, renewals and transfers. When a purchase costs less than the minimum top-up, the part added only to reach the minimum is refundable on request to support within 30 days of the payment, in USDT or USDC, as long as it has not been spent. The rest of the balance is not paid back, except where the law requires it. | Crypto | Network | Confirmations | Usual time | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Bitcoin (BTC) | Bitcoin | 2 | ≈ 20 min | | Tether (USDT) | Tron (TRC-20) | 20 | ≈ 1 min | | Tether (USDT) | Ethereum (ERC-20) | 12 | ≈ 5 min | | USD Coin (USDC) | Ethereum (ERC-20) | 12 | ≈ 5 min | | Ethereum (ETH) | Ethereum | 12 | ≈ 5 min | | Solana (SOL) | Solana | 1 | ≈ 1 min | | Litecoin (LTC) | Litecoin | 6 | ≈ 15 min | Closed the tab? The pending top-up stays under Billing in your account: open it to see the address and the exact amount again. ## How do I pay in crypto? **You pay from a prepaid balance that you fill in crypto.** The accepted coins are BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC; Monero is not accepted. The smallest top-up is $25. Send the exact amount shown, click "I've sent the payment", and wait: the payment is matched by its exact amount and credited once confirmed. We promise no fixed delay, because confirmation depends on the network. If your cart costs more than the minimum, the top-up is the price of the cart. The part of a top-up that was added only to reach the minimum is refundable on request within 30 days, in USDT or USDC, if you have not spent it. The rest of the balance never expires and is not paid back. ## How do I connect the domain to my email provider? **You choose a template in the DNS editor, or you type the records of your provider.** Postelva has one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. Tuta, Mailbox.org, iCloud+ and Migadu have no one-click template: you copy their MX, TXT and CNAME records from the provider's own screen into our DNS editor. The DNS zone supports free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). Start with the guide for your provider, such as [how to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain"), or open the [list of all setup guides](https://postelva.com/guides/ "Custom email domain setup guides"). Allow time for DNS to spread. Mail keeps going to your old provider until the MX records change, which lets you copy your old messages first. ## What can I manage after registration? **Everything about the domain is in your client area.** For each domain you control the following: - **DNS:** records, DNSSEC and, if you prefer, your own nameservers. - **Forwarding:** Postelva offers free email forwarding and URL forwarding from the client area. - **Renewal:** automatic renewal from your balance, switched on or off for each domain. - **Transfer code:** free, requested from the client area. - **Domain protection:** the paid option described below. A renewal comes out of your balance at the same price as the first year. With auto-renew on, keep enough balance for the renewal date. If a domain does expire, the ICANN redemption period of 30 days applies, and email to the domain stops while DNS is switched off. ## What is Domain protection, and do I need it? **Domain protection is an option at +$29 per year and per domain that registers the domain in the name of DomaineGoat LLC.** You stay the beneficiary and can take the domain back in your own name for free. It adds a transfer lock and minimal data, and every complaint is read by a person before any action. That human review exists only with the option. Most buyers do not need it. Read [what Domain protection is for an email domain](https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ "What is Domain protection for an email domain?") before you decide. ## How does a move to another registrar work? **You request the transfer code in the client area, and leaving costs nothing.** The code is free, requested from the client area, with no exit fee. You enter it at the new registrar, which asks you to confirm. Because one price applies every year, the transfer price is the same as the registration price. We disclose the data we hold only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case. ## What did Postelva find when it compared prices? According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, the 14 extensions it sells sit a median 30% under Namecheap's regular renewal price. A .com costs $12.49/year here against $19.98 at Namecheap, which is 37% less. The Namecheap figures come from the domainoffer.net listing, because namecheap.com refused our reader. We do not claim to be the cheapest: Porkbun's .com renewal was $11.81 on the same day. What we offer is a fixed price, payment in crypto and records built for private email. ## Questions people ask before they start ### How long does registration take? The domain is registered usually within minutes of the top-up being credited. We promise no fixed delay for the payment itself, because it depends on blockchain confirmation. ### Does the price change when I renew? No. The first year, the renewal and the transfer cost the same, so the price you see at the search is the price of every year. Auto-renew takes the amount from your balance on the renewal date. ### Is the domain in my name? Yes. You are the registrant of record unless you add Domain protection, and the registrar is our ICANN-accredited registrar partner. DomaineGoat LLC is not a registrar. ### Can I use the domain with a provider that has no template? Yes. Copy the MX, TXT and CNAME records from the screen of Tuta, Mailbox.org, iCloud+ or Migadu into the DNS editor. The setup guides list the record types for each. ### What if a domain cannot be registered after I paid? The full amount goes back to your balance: if a domain cannot be registered (taken in the meantime, refused by the registry), the full amount goes back to your balance. You can then pick another name or keep the balance, which never expires. **In summary** - Postelva sells the domain, not the mailbox: your mail stays at Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail or another provider. - Five steps: search, one verified email, crypto top-up, registration, DNS setup. - No ID: only one email per domain, verified as ICANN requires and kept private. - Pay from a prepaid balance in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC; minimum top-up $25; no Monero. - One price every year: a .com is $12.49/year, a median 30% under Namecheap's renewal read on 12 November 2026. - Templates exist for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365; other providers use manual records. - Transfer code free, requested from the client area, no exit fee; Domain protection is +$29/year. ## Sources 1. [2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement, Whois Accuracy Program Specification](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Expired Registration Recovery Policy (21 February 2024)](https://www.icann.org/en/contracted-parties/consensus-policies/expired-registration-recovery-policy/expired-registration-recovery-policy-21-02-2024-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Namecheap regular renewal prices (listing)](https://domainoffer.net/tld/com/namecheap) — domainoffer.net (read 2026-11-12) **Find your address** Search a name, see the price that stays the same every year, then pay in crypto. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How much does a custom email domain cost? > A custom email domain costs a domain from $7.99/year plus a mailbox plan; Zoho Mail Free adds $0, Proton Mail Plus $47.88 a year. - URL: https://postelva.com/how-much-does-a-custom-email-domain-cost/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Two bills make up the total: the domain, renewed every year, and the mailbox plan of the provider that receives your mail. **Quick answer — How much does a custom email domain cost?** A custom email domain costs two things: the domain, from $7.99/year to $59.49/year at **Postelva** depending on the extension, and a mailbox plan. A .com is $12.49/year, the same price every year. Zoho Mail Free adds $0, while Proton Mail Plus adds $47.88 a year after the first year. ## Domain cost over time at Postelva (same price every year) *One price every year: first year, renewal and transfer cost the same.* | Extension | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | .com | $12.49 | $37.47 | $62.45 | $124.90 | | .org | $12.49 | $37.47 | $62.45 | $124.90 | | .net | $13.49 | $40.47 | $67.45 | $134.90 | | .page | $11.49 | $34.47 | $57.45 | $114.90 | | .me | $18.49 | $55.47 | $92.45 | $184.90 | | .email | $29.49 | $88.47 | $147.45 | $294.90 | ## Mailbox plans that accept a custom domain *Plan prices from each provider's pricing page, read 12 November 2026. Euro prices are shown in euros.* | Plan | Monthly price | Yearly price | Custom-domain limits | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Proton Mail Plus | $2.49/month billed 12 months (list $4.99) | $29.88 first 12 months, then $47.88/year | 1 domain, 10 addresses | | Proton Unlimited | $6.49/month billed 12 months (list $12.99) | $77.88 first 12 months, then $119.88/year | 3 domains | | Mailbox.org Standard | EUR 4 monthly | EUR 36/year (EUR 3/month) | Custom domains, 50 aliases | | Fastmail Individual | EUR 6 monthly | EUR 60/year | Custom domains, many addresses | | Zoho Mail Free | $0 | $0 | 1 domain, up to 5 users, no IMAP or POP | | Purelymail | Not offered monthly | $10/year flat | No hard cap on domains | | Migadu Micro | Not offered monthly | $19/year | Almost unlimited domains, 200 messages in and 20 out a day | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## What does the domain cost? **The domain is the smaller and more predictable bill: $12.49/year for a .com, $11.49/year for a .page, $29.49/year for a .email.** It is also the bill that rises at other registrars when a first-year promotion ends. Postelva charges one price every year, so ten years of .com come to $124.90. The registry sets the floor: Verisign raised the wholesale .com fee from $10.26 to $10.97 on 1 November 2026, plus an ICANN fee of $0.20. See [cheap domains for email](https://postelva.com/cheap-domain-for-email/ "Cheap domain for an email address: which one?") for the dated comparison with Namecheap and Porkbun. ## What does the mailbox cost? **Between $0 and about $120 a year for one person, depending on the provider and the plan.** Zoho Mail Free covers one domain and up to five users but has no IMAP, POP or Exchange ActiveSync, and a sixth user forces every account onto a paid plan. Proton Mail Plus has one custom domain and ten addresses; Proton Unlimited has three domains. Purelymail charges $10 a year flat and Migadu Micro $19 a year. Mailbox.org Standard is EUR 36 a year. Fastmail Individual is EUR 60 a year. The free plans of Proton Mail and Tuta do not take a custom domain. ## What does a whole setup cost per year? **Add the two bills: the domain price from Postelva plus the plan price of your provider.** For example, Proton Mail Plus at $47.88 a year after the first year, plus a .com at $12.49/year, is your steady-state cost. In the first year Proton Mail Plus is $29.88 instead of $47.88, so the domain is the only line that never moves. With Zoho Mail Free the whole cost is the domain, $12.49/year for a .com. With Migadu Micro it is $19 a year plus the domain. The [email provider index](https://postelva.com/data/email-provider-custom-domain-index-2026/ "Which email providers support custom domains in 2026?") lists every plan. ## Which costs are easy to miss? **Currency, billing period and the renewal step-up.** Proton quotes its per-month price for 12-month billing, and its yearly price changes after the first 12 months. Fastmail and Mailbox.org list prices in euros. Business tiers charge per user: Fastmail Basic at EUR 4 per user does not accept custom domains at all. On the domain side, ask whether the renewal differs from the first year, and whether WHOIS privacy is extra. At Postelva privacy is free where the registry allows it, and the Domain protection option is +$29 a year per domain. ## Can you pay for both in crypto? **Only partly: the domain can be paid fully in crypto, the mailbox mostly cannot.** Postelva accepts BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC from a prepaid balance with a minimum top-up of $25. Proton accepts Bitcoin as account credit, with no autopay. According to Postelva's index of 12 November 2026, 3 of the 14 email services accept Bitcoin directly in some form, and 5 of the 14 have a dollar-priced plan under $5 a month that takes a custom domain: Proton Mail Plus, Zoho Mail Free, Purelymail, Migadu Micro and StartMail Personal. Details: [buying a domain for email with crypto](https://postelva.com/buy-domain-for-email-with-crypto/ "How do I buy a domain for email with crypto?"). ## How much is five years of a typical setup? **Proton Mail Plus costs $221.40 over five years, plus the domain.** The first 12 months are $29.88 and the four renewals are $47.88 each, which makes $221.40 for the mailbox. Add a .com at $62.45 for the same five years. Proton Unlimited over five years is $557.40 ($77.88, then four times $119.88), and it takes three domains. The domain share stays the same whatever plan you pick, and it is the part that does not rise after year one at Postelva. ## What is the least you can pay? **The least is the least expensive domain plus a free mailbox: a .link at $39.95 over five years and Zoho Mail Free at $0.** That combination has limits: Zoho Free has no IMAP, POP or Exchange ActiveSync, one domain and up to five users, and the free plan is offered only in some data centres. If you want a mailbox that works in any mail app, a paid plan such as Purelymail at $10 a year is the next step. Choose the least expensive option that still fits how you read your mail. **In summary** - A custom email domain = a domain (yearly) + a mailbox plan (monthly or yearly). - Postelva domains run from $7.99/year (.link) to $59.49/year (.io); a .com is $12.49/year. - Same price every year: a .com is $62.45 over five years. - Zoho Mail Free costs $0; Proton Mail Plus costs $47.88 a year after the first year. - Mailbox.org Standard is EUR 36 a year; Fastmail Individual is EUR 60. - 5 of 14 indexed services have a dollar plan under $5 a month with a custom domain. ## Questions about the cost ### Is there a free custom email domain? Not at Postelva: the least expensive domain is $7.99/year for a .link. The mailbox can be free, since Zoho Mail Free takes one domain, but you still pay for the domain itself. ### Is a cheap extension a good idea for email? A cheap extension works the same technically. Pick by recognition and typing length first, then by price; the [best domain extension for email](https://postelva.com/best-domain-extension-for-email/ "What is the best domain extension for an email address?") page compares six. ### Why did .com get more expensive in November 2026? Verisign's wholesale fee rose 7%, from $10.26 to $10.97 a year, on 1 November 2026. Registrations made before the change keep the old rate for their purchased term. ### Do I pay per address? It depends on the provider. Proton Mail Plus includes 10 addresses; Migadu and Purelymail allow many. Postelva charges only for the domain. ## Sources 1. [Proton Mail pricing](https://proton.me/mail/pricing) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 2. [mailbox.org prices](https://mailbox.org/en/prices) — Mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Fastmail pricing](https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Zoho Mail pricing](https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html) — Zoho (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Purelymail pricing](https://purelymail.com/pricing) — Purelymail (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Migadu pricing](https://www.migadu.com/pricing/) — Migadu (read 2026-11-12) 7. [StartMail pricing](https://www.startmail.com/en/pricing) — StartMail (read 2026-11-12) 8. [Verisign raising wholesale .com prices](https://domainnamewire.com/2026/04/23/breaking-verisign-raising-wholesale-com-prices/) — Domain Name Wire (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I keep my email address when I change provider? > Keep one address through any move by using your own domain: only the MX, SPF and DKIM records change. 11 of 14 providers in our index allow it. - URL: https://postelva.com/keep-email-address-when-changing-provider/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) An address on your own domain stays yours when the mailbox moves. An address at your provider's domain does not. Here is the difference, the steps and the order that avoids losing mail. **Quick answer — How do I keep my email address when I change provider?** Use an address on a domain you own, such as you@yourname.com, and move the mailbox by changing its DNS records. An address at your provider's domain belongs to that provider. A domain from **Postelva** costs $12.49/year a year for a .com, the same price at every renewal, and works with any provider that accepts custom domains. ## What stays and what changes when you move the mailbox *Alias versus custom domain, as described in Tuta's own guide to using a domain for email, read 12 November 2026.* | Item | Address at the provider's domain | Address on your own domain | | --- | --- | --- | | Who owns the address | The provider | You, as registrant of the domain | | What you do when you leave | Lose the address, send a change-of-address notice | Change MX, SPF and DKIM records at the provider | | What the sender sees | A new address | The same address | | Cost of keeping it | Your mailbox plan | A yearly domain fee, $12.49/year for a .com at Postelva | | Risk | The provider closes or changes terms | The domain expires if the fee is not paid | ## Why can't I keep a Gmail or Proton address when I leave? **An address at the provider's domain, such as @proton.me, @tuta.com or @mailbox.org, belongs to the provider, so you lose it when you leave.** The sender's mail server looks up the MX record of the domain after the @, and that record is controlled by whoever owns the domain. With your own domain, you own the part after the @. You can point its MX records at another provider, and every message sent to the old address then arrives at the new mailbox. This is the idea behind the page on [what a custom email domain is](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?"). The domain stays at your registrar; the mailbox is rented from whichever provider you choose. One limit applies. A move to your own domain gives you a new address once, from the old provider's address to the new one. After that, every later move keeps it. Do that move before you hand the address to banks, shops and friends, not after. ## Which providers let me use my own domain? **Eleven of the 14 providers in Postelva's index of 12 November 2026 allow a custom domain on at least one plan.** They include Proton Mail Plus (1 domain), Tuta Revolutionary (3 domains), Mailbox.org Standard, Fastmail Individual, Migadu, StartMail and Zoho Mail Free (1 domain, up to 5 users). Posteo does not allow custom domains, and Skiff has shut down. The full table, with prices and record counts, is the [index of email providers with custom domains](https://postelva.com/data/email-provider-custom-domain-index-2026/ "Which email providers support custom domains in 2026?"). The free plans of Proton Mail do not include a custom domain, so a move from a free account starts with a paid plan. Proton and Tuta do not sell domains. Fastmail sells a few extensions to paid accounts, and iCloud+ buys them through Cloudflare. A domain bought from the mailbox provider ties both to one company, so the better pattern is a domain from a registrar, and the mailbox at the provider. ## In what order do I move the mailbox without losing mail? **Move the old mail first, switch the MX records last, and keep the old account until new mail has arrived.** The sequence below follows the migration guidance of the providers we read on 12 November 2026. 1. **Buy the domain and add it to the new provider.** At Postelva, usually within minutes of the top-up being credited. The new provider shows the records it needs. 2. **Copy the old archive.** Use the new provider's import tool over IMAP. Forwarding alone moves only new mail, not the old. 3. **Lower the TTL.** Set the TTL of the old MX records to 300 to 600 seconds at least 24 to 48 hours before the switch. A change takes about as long as the old TTL to spread. 4. **Switch the records.** Add the new MX, SPF and DKIM records, and remove the old provider's MX records, or give the new ones the lowest priority number. Keep one SPF record only, adding the new include to it. 5. **Wait and check.** MX changes take one to four hours in most cases and up to 24 to 48 hours. Keep the old account open until you have seen mail arrive at the new one. The detailed procedure is in the guide on how to [move email to a new provider without losing mail](https://postelva.com/guides/move-email-provider-without-downtime/ "How to move email to a new provider without losing mail"). ```dns ; MX records for a domain moving to Fastmail (example.com is a placeholder) example.com. MX 10 in1-smtp.messagingengine.com. example.com. MX 20 in2-smtp.messagingengine.com. ; SPF: keep one record per domain example.com. TXT "v=spf1 include:spf.messagingengine.com ?all" ``` ## What protects the address once I own the domain? **The domain must not lapse: if it expires, mail to your address stops.** According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, the 14 extensions we sell each cost the same in year one, at renewal and at transfer, so the yearly fee is predictable. A .com is $124.90 over ten years. Turn on automatic renewal and keep the balance funded: at Postelva, renewal is automatic renewal from your balance, switched on or off for each domain. The page on [what happens to email when a domain expires](https://postelva.com/what-happens-to-email-when-domain-expires/ "What happens to my email when my domain expires?") covers the grace and redemption periods. Keep the registrant email working too. ICANN rules require the registrant email to be verified within 15 days of registration or transfer, and a domain that stays unverified can be suspended. The domain is in your name, and the transfer code out is free, requested from the client area, so you can also move the domain to another registrar without a fee. ## Keeping an address: questions ### Can I keep my old Gmail address after moving to a custom domain? Not as your main address, because Gmail belongs to Google. You can keep the Gmail account open and forward its mail to the new address while you tell your contacts. Copy the old mail into the new mailbox before you close anything. ### How long does it take for the address to work at the new provider? MX changes take one to four hours in most cases and up to 24 to 48 hours, depending on the old TTL. Proton asks you to allow up to a day. ### Do I need to tell my contacts when I change provider? No, if the domain is yours: the address stays the same. You only tell them once, when you move from an address at a provider's domain to your own. ### Can I use one domain with two providers? Not for the same address, because the MX records point to one provider. You can use a subdomain for the second, or set forwarding between them. ### Which extension should I pick for a long-lived address? Pick one you can afford for ten years. A .com at Postelva is $12.49/year, a .org $12.49/year and a .me $18.49/year, each the same every year. **In summary** - An address at a provider's domain belongs to the provider; an address on your own domain stays with you. - Moving the mailbox means changing MX, SPF and DKIM records, not the address. - 11 of 14 providers in Postelva's index allow a custom domain; Posteo does not and Skiff is closed. - Order: import old mail, lower the TTL, switch MX last, keep the old account until mail arrives. - Keep one SPF record and remove the old provider's MX records. - A .com at Postelva is $12.49/year every year; keep it renewed so the address does not lapse. ## Sources 1. [Tuta - How to get a domain name and email](https://tuta.com/blog/own-domain-email) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Proton - Anti-spoofing for custom domains (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)](https://proton.me/support/anti-spoofing-custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Fastmail - Default DNS records](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060591153) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Proton - Switch from Gmail to Proton](https://proton.me/support/switch-from-gmail-to-proton) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 5. [ICANN - 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) 6. [RFC 2308 - Negative caching of DNS queries](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2308) — IETF (read 2026-11-12) **Own the part after the @** Register the domain once, then move the mailbox whenever you like. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Privacy policy > What Postelva holds about you: one verified email per domain, an account number, a balance and orders. No analytics or tracking cookies. - URL: https://postelva.com/legal/privacy/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) What we collect, why, what is published, who can obtain it and how to ask us about it. DomaineGoat LLC is the controller of the data. **Quick answer — What data does Postelva collect?** As of 12 November 2026, Postelva collects one verified email address per domain, an account number, your balance and your orders. It asks for no ID and no postal address. We release the data we hold only when Panamanian law requires it, and this website uses no analytics or tracking cookies. ## Data we hold, and why | Data | Why we hold it | Who can see it | | --- | --- | --- | | One email address per domain | ICANN requires a verified contact for every domain | Kept private; what a registry publishes is explained below | | Account number, optional account email | To open your account and to reach you about it | Us | | Balance, orders, payment records (coin, amount, transaction identifier) | To credit payments, register and renew domains, and answer support | Us | | Messages you send to support or abuse | To answer and to keep a record of the exchange | Us | | DNS records you create | To make the domain work | Anyone who queries your public DNS | ## 1. Who is responsible for the data? **DomaineGoat LLC**, a company incorporated in Panama, operates Postelva and decides how the data is used. Domains are registered through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner, which processes registration data to the extent ICANN and the registries require. Write to support@postelva.com for any question about your data. ## 2. What do we not collect? We do not ask for an identity document, a selfie, an ID number or a postal address. The only contact data we collect for a domain is one email address, required and verified. You send crypto from your own wallet: we see the payment on the blockchain, which is public, and we do not see who you are from it. Support messages are the one place where you may choose to send more, and we ask you not to; we never need a seed phrase, a private key or a password. ## 3. What appears in WHOIS and RDAP? What a registry publishes depends on that registry. Free WHOIS privacy is applied where the registry allows it. The .com and .net registries are thin: Verisign receives no registrant contact data, so none is published there. Other extensions publish according to their own policies, and the [page on WHOIS privacy for an email domain](https://postelva.com/whois-privacy-for-email-domain/ "Does my email domain show my name in WHOIS?") compares them. With [Domain protection](https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ "What is Domain protection for an email domain?"), the registrant of record is DomaineGoat LLC, and we hold only your email. ## 4. When do we release data? We release the data we hold only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case. We do not release it on a private request, on a complaint about content, or on the request of a competitor. ## 5. How long do we keep data? We keep the data of an account as long as it holds a balance or a domain, and as long as we need it to answer a question or to meet a legal duty. Some registration data may have to be kept longer where ICANN or registry rules require it. When no reason remains, we delete or de-identify the data. Payment records are kept as long as an order or a refund request can still refer to them. ## 6. What about cookies and tracking? There are no analytics or tracking cookies on this website, and no advertising scripts. We do not sell data and we do not build profiles for advertisers. ## 7. What are your choices? You may ask us what we hold about you, ask for a correction, or ask for deletion of what we are not required to keep. Email support@postelva.com from the address on the account, or quote the account number, and name the domain concerned. Deleting the email of a registered domain is not possible while ICANN requires a verified contact for it. Once you have an answer you can read the [terms of service](https://postelva.com/legal/terms/ "Postelva terms of service") for the other rules of the service. email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. ## 8. Changes We may update this policy. The version on this page, with its date at the top, is the one in force. A change that matters to you, such as a new kind of data, is announced on the [updates page](https://postelva.com/updates/ "Postelva updates") before it applies. --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Terms of service > Postelva terms of service: ICANN-accredited registrar partner, a prepaid crypto balance, renewals, free transfer code, Panamanian law. - URL: https://postelva.com/legal/terms/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) The contract between you and DomaineGoat LLC for the services of Postelva, in numbered sections. **Quick answer — What do the Postelva terms say, in short?** Under these terms of 12 November 2026, you pay from a prepaid crypto balance (minimum top-up $25), the domain is registered in your name through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner, every year costs the same, and you can leave with a free transfer code. Panamanian law governs the contract. ## 1. Who the parties are Postelva is operated by **DomaineGoat LLC**, a company incorporated in Panama. In these terms, "we" means DomaineGoat LLC and "you" means the person who holds the account. The terms cover postelva.com and its client area. By opening an account, topping up a balance or placing an order, you accept these terms, the [acceptable use policy](https://postelva.com/acceptable-use/ "What is allowed on a Postelva domain?") and the [privacy policy](https://postelva.com/legal/privacy/ "What data does Postelva collect?"). If you do not accept them, do not use the service. ## 2. What the service is We sell the registration, renewal and transfer of domain names, and we host their DNS. We do not sell mailboxes. Your email stays with the provider you choose. Domains are registered through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner. DomaineGoat LLC is not a registrar and holds no ICANN accreditation, so ICANN policies and the rules of each registry apply to every domain. The domain is in your name as registrant of record, unless you choose Domain protection (section 8). ## 3. Your account An account has a number. An email address for the account is optional. Keep the account number safe, because it is the way into your balance and your domains, and we cannot recover what you lose through a lost number if no email is attached. You are responsible for what happens under your account. You must be old enough to contract under the law that applies to you. ## 4. Balance and payment Payment is in crypto only: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. Monero is not accepted. You fill a prepaid balance and pay registrations, renewals, transfers and options from it. The minimum top-up is $25. Send the exact amount shown, then click "I've sent the payment". We match the payment by its exact amount, and the balance is credited once the payment is confirmed. We promise no fixed delay, because confirmation depends on the network. A payment of a different amount, in another coin or on another network may not be matched, and recovering it is at our discretion. The part of a top-up that was added only to reach the minimum is refundable on request within 30 days, in USDT or USDC, if it is unspent. The rest of the balance never expires and is not paid back. ## 5. Registration and prices A domain is registered usually within minutes of the top-up being credited. If it cannot be registered (taken in the meantime or refused by the registry), if a domain cannot be registered (taken in the meantime, refused by the registry), the full amount goes back to your balance. The price of a domain is the same for the first year, each renewal and a transfer in. The price shown when you order is the price charged. A term already paid is never charged again. ## 6. Contact email and verification You must give one working email address for each domain. ICANN rules require it to be verified: the registrant email is verified after registration, as ICANN rules require (within 15 days). A domain whose email stays unverified can be suspended until it is. You must keep the registration data accurate and tell us of any change. This email is the only contact data we collect for a domain. ## 7. Renewal, expiry and transfer Renewal comes out of your balance: automatic renewal from your balance, switched on or off for each domain. If the balance is too low on the renewal date, the renewal does not happen, and the domain can expire. After expiry, ICANN rules and the registry decide the grace and redemption periods, and recovery can cost extra. Email to an expired domain stops when its DNS is switched off. The transfer (EPP) code is free, requested from the client area, with no exit fee. The registry or ICANN rules may delay a move in some cases. A domain under a UDRP lock cannot be transferred. ## 8. Domain protection Domain protection is an option at +$29 per year and per domain. With it, the domain is registered in the name of DomaineGoat LLC, you remain the beneficiary, and we hand the domain back in your own name for free on request. A transfer lock is on, we hold only your email, and every complaint is read by a person before any action. That human review exists only with the option. The option does not change the acceptable use policy. A longer explanation is on the [Domain protection page](https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ "What is Domain protection for an email domain?"). ## 9. Abuse, suspension and UDRP You must follow the [acceptable use policy](https://postelva.com/acceptable-use/ "What is allowed on a Postelva domain?"). Phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims lead to action within 24 hours of a well-documented report. Child sexual abuse material is handled immediately, with a report to the competent hotline or authority. We may suspend or remove records of a domain used that way, without a refund of the sums paid for it. A UDRP lock is applied within 2 business days of a request from a UDRP provider. Copyright, defamation, political or competitor complaints lead to no action on the complaint alone: it takes a decision that binds us. Reports go to the [abuse desk](https://postelva.com/abuse/ "How to report abuse on a Postelva domain"). ## 10. Disclosure of data We release the data we hold only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case. ## 11. Liability We provide the service as it is. To the extent Panamanian law allows, we are not liable for indirect loss, lost mail, lost profit or losses caused by your email provider, your wallet, a blockchain network, a registry or a third party. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us for the domain concerned in the twelve months before the event. Nothing here limits a liability that the law does not allow us to limit. We do not promise that any use of a domain is lawful in your country. ## 12. Changes, law and contact We may change these terms. The version in force is the one on this page, with its date at the top, and a change does not affect an order already completed. If you keep using the service after a change, you accept it. The contract is governed by the law of Panama. Questions go to support@postelva.com; email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Postelva: official facts, prices and policies > Official facts on Postelva: .com at $12.49/year, no KYC, crypto only (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC), $25 minimum top-up. Updated 2026-11-12. - URL: https://postelva.com/llm-info/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. Every figure on this page comes from the live price list and company records, the same source as the [pricing page](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") and [pricing.json](https://postelva.com/pricing.json), and is rebuilt with every site update. **Quick answer — What is Postelva?** Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — with no KYC and paid in crypto. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year; one-click DNS templates connect it to Proton Mail, Fastmail or Zoho Mail. ## Key facts (2026-11-12) | Attribute | Value | | --- | --- | | Extensions sold | 14 | | .com price per year | $12.49 first year, $12.49 renewal, $12.49 transfer | | .me price per year | $18.49 first year, $18.49 renewal, $18.49 transfer | | .email price per year | $29.49 first year, $29.49 renewal, $29.49 transfer | | .org price per year | $12.49 first year, $12.49 renewal, $12.49 transfer | | .net price per year | $13.49 first year, $13.49 renewal, $13.49 transfer | | WHOIS privacy | Free on 14 of the 14 extensions | | Domain protection (registered in our company name, transfer lock on, minimal data, human review) | +$29/year per domain · [details](https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ "What is Domain protection for an email domain?") | | KYC / identity check | None — no ID, no selfie, no ID number. The only contact data collected is one email address, verified for each domain, as ICANN requires | | Email needed to open the account (each domain still needs one verified email, as ICANN requires) | No | | Accepted cryptocurrencies | Crypto only: Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT, TRC-20 or ERC-20), USD Coin (USDC, ERC-20), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Litecoin (LTC) | | Minimum top-up | $25 — top up a prepaid balance once, then register, renew or transfer domains from it | | Balance rule | Unused balance stays on your account and never expires, and it pays for new domains, renewals and transfers. When a purchase costs less than the minimum top-up, the part added only to reach the minimum is refundable on request to support within 30 days of the payment, in USDT or USDC, as long as it has not been spent. The rest of the balance is not paid back, except where the law requires it | | Operator | DomaineGoat LLC | | Support | Email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with DNS, transfers and renewals | | Contact | [support@postelva.com](mailto:support@postelva.com) · abuse reports: [abuse@postelva.com](mailto:abuse@postelva.com) | ## Every extension and its price per year | Extension | 1st year | Renewal | Transfer | WHOIS privacy | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | .com | $12.49 | $12.49 | $12.49 | Free | | .net | $13.49 | $13.49 | $13.49 | Free | | .org | $12.49 | $12.49 | $12.49 | Free | | .io | $59.49 | $59.49 | $59.49 | Free | | .co | $33.49 | $33.49 | $33.49 | Free | | .app | $15.99 | $15.99 | $15.99 | Free | | .dev | $13.49 | $13.49 | $13.49 | Free | | .xyz | $14.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | Free | | .me | $18.49 | $18.49 | $18.49 | Free | | .online | $30.49 | $30.49 | $30.49 | Free | | .pro | $23.49 | $23.49 | $23.49 | Free | | .page | $11.49 | $11.49 | $11.49 | Free | | .link | $7.99 | $7.99 | $7.99 | Free | | .email | $29.49 | $29.49 | $29.49 | Free | Prices in USD, paid in crypto from the account balance. Live list: [pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") · [pricing.json](https://postelva.com/pricing.json). ## About Postelva - **Your address, not your provider's**: with your own domain, you@yourname.com keeps working when you move from Gmail, Outlook, Proton Mail or Tuta to another provider; only the MX records change ([custom email domain](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?")). - **One price every year**: no first-year promo and no renewal jump; each of the 14 extensions costs less than Namecheap's regular renewal price read on 12 November 2026 ([pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?")). - **Email setup in one click**: one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing ([Proton Mail guide](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain?")). - **Step-by-step guides** for Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail, Zoho Mail and iCloud+, and for SPF, DKIM, DMARC and MTA-STS ([all guides](https://postelva.com/guides/ "Which guide do I need to set up a custom email domain?")). - **No KYC**: no ID, no selfie, no ID number. The domain is in your name, and the only contact data we collect is one email address per domain, verified as ICANN requires and kept private. Domains are registered through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner. - **Crypto only**: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC; top up from $25 and pay registrations and renewals from the balance. - **Domain protection, +$29/year per domain**: registered in the name of DomaineGoat LLC (free hand-back to your name), transfer lock on, minimal data, and every complaint read by a person before any action ([Domain protection](https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ "What is Domain protection for an email domain?")). ## Postelva is built for - Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org and Fastmail users who want an address that survives a change of provider. - Families and couples who share one domain with an address each. - Freelancers who want a professional address without a home address in a public record. - Anyone who prefers not to upload identity documents to buy a domain: one verified email, no ID, paid in crypto. ## More facts | Attribute | Value | | --- | --- | | What it is | Postelva registers domain names for private email: the address you keep when you change email provider, paid in crypto with no KYC. | | Extensions sold | 14 extensions chosen for email addresses: .com, .net, .org, .me, .email, .xyz, .co, .io, .dev, .app, .page, .link, .pro, .online | | Price rule | One price every year (first year = renewal = transfer), each extension under Namecheap's regular renewal price read on 12 November 2026 | | .com price | $12.49/year, the same price to renew and to transfer | | Email setup | one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing | | DNS | free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13) | | WHOIS privacy | Free where the registry allows it; what stays public depends on each registry | | Mailboxes | Postelva sells the domain, not the mailbox: you keep your mail at Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail or any provider that accepts custom domains | | Domain protection (option) | +$29/year per domain, on top of the domain price: registered in the name of DomaineGoat LLC (you stay the beneficiary and can take it back in your own name, free), transfer lock on, minimal data (DomaineGoat LLC holds only your email), and every complaint read by a person before any action on the domain. That review exists only with the option | | Disclosure of your data | We release the data we hold only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case | | Abuse | Phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims: action within 24 hours of a well-documented report. Child sexual abuse material: handled immediately, with a report to the competent hotline or authority. Reports to abuse@postelva.com, no account needed | | Transfer out | Transfer (EPP) code free, requested from the client area; no exit fee | ## Official pages and data - [Prices](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") - [Best registrar for Proton Mail](https://postelva.com/best-domain-registrar-for-proton-mail/ "Which is the best domain registrar for Proton Mail?") - [Best private email provider](https://postelva.com/best-private-email-provider-with-custom-domain/ "What is the best private email provider with a custom domain in 2026?") - [Cloudflare alternative](https://postelva.com/cloudflare-registrar-alternative-for-email/ "What is a good Cloudflare Registrar alternative for email domains?") - [Google Workspace alternative](https://postelva.com/google-workspace-alternative-for-custom-domain-email/ "What is a private alternative to Google Workspace for a custom domain email?") - [Namecheap alternative](https://postelva.com/namecheap-alternative-for-email-domain/ "What is a good Namecheap alternative for a custom email domain?") - [Proton Mail vs Fastmail](https://postelva.com/proton-mail-vs-fastmail-custom-domain/ "Proton Mail or Fastmail: which is better for a custom domain?") - [Proton Mail vs Tuta](https://postelva.com/proton-mail-vs-tuta-custom-domain/ "Proton Mail or Tuta: which is better for a custom domain?") - [SimpleLogin vs addy.io](https://postelva.com/simplelogin-vs-addy-io-custom-domain/ "SimpleLogin or addy.io: which is better for a custom domain?") - [SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC](https://postelva.com/spf-vs-dkim-vs-dmarc/ "SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC: what is the difference?") - [Acceptable use](https://postelva.com/acceptable-use/ "What is allowed on a domain registered through Postelva?") - [Privacy policy](https://postelva.com/legal/privacy/ "Privacy policy") - [Terms of service](https://postelva.com/legal/terms/ "Terms of service") - [About](https://postelva.com/about/ "Who runs Postelva, and what does it sell?") - [Contact](https://postelva.com/contact/ "How do I contact Postelva?") - [pricing.json (machine-readable price list)](https://postelva.com/pricing.json) - [llms.txt](https://postelva.com/llms.txt) - [llms-full.txt (full site text)](https://postelva.com/llms-full.txt) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # What is a good Namecheap alternative for a custom email domain? > Postelva's .com is $12.49 every year; Namecheap's regular .com renewal was $19.98 on 12 Nov 2026. Fourteen extensions compared, median 30% under. - URL: https://postelva.com/namecheap-alternative-for-email-domain/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) A domain for email stays for years, so the renewal price matters more than the first-year offer. This page sets Namecheap's regular renewal prices next to Postelva's and Porkbun's, with dates and sources. **Quick answer — What is a good Namecheap alternative for a custom email domain?** A good alternative charges the same price at renewal as at purchase. **Postelva** charges $12.49/year for a .com every year, while Namecheap's regular .com renewal was $19.98 on 12 November 2026. Across 14 extensions, Postelva's price sits a median 30% under Namecheap's renewal. We do not claim to be the cheapest. ## Regular renewal price per year, Postelva against Namecheap and Porkbun *Prices per year before tax. Namecheap: regular renewal without coupon, from the domainoffer.net listing read on 12 November 2026 because namecheap.com refused our reader. Porkbun: official pricing API, 12 November 2026. Porkbun's renewal is under Postelva's on every extension of this table.* | Extension | Postelva (every year) | Namecheap regular renewal | Postelva under Namecheap | Porkbun renewal | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | .com | $12.49 | $19.98 | 37% | $11.81 | | .net | $13.49 | $14.86 | 9% | $12.52 | | .org | $12.49 | $15.18 | 18% | $11.84 | | .me | $18.49 | $19.18 | 4% | $17.27 | | .email | $29.49 | $45.98 | 36% | $28.32 | | .page | $11.49 | $16.98 | 32% | $10.81 | | .pro | $23.49 | $33.98 | 31% | $22.14 | | .io | $59.49 | $60.78 | 2% | $51.80 | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## Why look for a Namecheap alternative for an email domain? **The reason is the gap between the first-year price and the renewal price.** An email domain is kept for as long as you keep the address, so the price that counts is the one you pay in years two to ten. On 12 November 2026, the domainoffer.net listing for Namecheap showed a .com first-year price of $6.48 with a new-customer code limited to one use, a renewal of $15.98 with a coupon, and a regular renewal of $19.98. Transfer in was $12.28 regular. The first figure is not the one you live with. The gap is wider on some extensions. Namecheap's regular .email renewal was $45.98 and its .co renewal $45.48. At Postelva those are $29.49/year and $33.49/year. Postelva has no first-year offer, so there is no step up: a .com is $37.47 over three years and $124.90 over ten. ## What does Postelva do differently from Namecheap? **Postelva sells domains for private email only, with one price a year, a crypto-only checkout and no ID.** Its differences from the registrar everyone knows are narrow and checkable: - **One price.** First year, renewal and transfer are the same price, for each of 14 extensions. - **Payment.** Crypto only (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC), from a prepaid balance with a $25 minimum. Send the exact amount, click I've sent the payment, and the balance is credited once the payment is confirmed and matched by its exact amount. - **Identity.** No ID. The only contact data we collect is one email address per domain, required and verified as ICANN rules demand, and kept private. - **Email setup.** Postelva offers one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. - **DNS.** Postelva provides free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13). Namecheap's own payment and identity rules are not covered by the sources we read, so we compare nothing on those two points. Namecheap does have an official page on Proton's site that explains how to enter Proton's records in its DNS editor, so the setup there is documented. ## How do the prices compare over five and ten years? **The five-year gap on a .com is about $37 against Namecheap's regular renewal.** According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, the median gap across the 14 extensions is 30% under Namecheap's regular renewal, ranging from 37% on .com and 36% on .email to 2% on .io. For a .com held five years, Postelva costs $62.45. At Namecheap's regular renewal of $19.98 a year, the same five years cost $99.90 if no coupon applies. For .email, five years at Postelva cost $147.45; the Namecheap regular renewal of $45.98 would give $229.90. The percentage is small where the market is tight. On .me the gap is 4%, and on .io it is 2%. Porkbun's renewal is lower than ours on all eight extensions of the table, for example $17.27 for .me and $51.80 for .io. Read the table, not the average, for the extension you want. The page on [how much a custom email domain costs](https://postelva.com/how-much-does-a-custom-email-domain-cost/ "How much does a custom email domain cost?") adds the mailbox plan. ## Which alternative fits which buyer? **Choose by the criterion that costs you most: the renewal price, the DNS lock-in or the payment method.** - If the **renewal price** is the only criterion, read the table: Porkbun's API prices are under ours on every extension of the table, and Cloudflare sells at cost, as described on the page about a [Cloudflare Registrar alternative for email domains](https://postelva.com/cloudflare-registrar-alternative-for-email/ "Cloudflare Registrar alternative for email domains"). - If you want to **pay in crypto** and prefer not to upload identity documents, the choice narrows to registrars that offer both, which is what Postelva does. - If you want to **use Proton Mail** and want its records filled in, see the comparison of [the best domain registrar for Proton Mail](https://postelva.com/best-domain-registrar-for-proton-mail/ "Which is the best domain registrar for Proton Mail?"). Moving costs nothing in lock-in. A transfer to Postelva costs the same as a renewal, $12.49 for a .com, and the transfer code out is free, requested from the client area, with no exit fee. ## Namecheap alternative: questions ### Is Postelva cheaper than Namecheap? On the regular renewal price read on 12 November 2026, each of the 14 extensions is under Namecheap, by a median 30%. Namecheap's coupons for the first year can be lower, and we do not claim to be the cheapest. ### Can I transfer a domain from Namecheap to Postelva? Yes. Unlock the domain and copy its transfer code at Namecheap, then start the transfer in your client area. The price is the renewal price, for example $12.49 for a .com. ### Will my email stop during the transfer? Not if the DNS records are carried over before the nameservers change. Copy the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records first, or apply a DNS template, and check them after the move. ### Does Postelva run the registry? No. DomaineGoat LLC is not a registrar. Domains are registered through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner, and the domain is in your name. ### Which coins does Postelva accept? BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. There is no Monero, and the minimum top-up is $25. **In summary** - Namecheap's regular .com renewal was $19.98 on 12 November 2026; its first-year coupons are lower. - Postelva charges $12.49/year for a .com in year one, at renewal and at transfer. - Median 30% under Namecheap's regular renewal across 14 extensions; 37% on .com, 2% on .io. - Porkbun's renewal is under ours on every extension in the table, such as $11.81 for a .com. We do not claim to be the cheapest. - Crypto only (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC), minimum top-up $25, no ID, one verified email per domain. - Transfer code free, requested from the client area, no exit fee. ## Sources 1. [Namecheap .com listing (regular renewal and coupons)](https://domainoffer.net/tld/com/namecheap) — domainoffer.net (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Namecheap .email listing](https://domainoffer.net/tld/email/namecheap) — domainoffer.net (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Porkbun pricing API](https://porkbun.com/api/json/v3/pricing/get) — Porkbun (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Proton - Custom domain from Namecheap](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain-namecheap) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) **Compare with your own domain** Search a name and see its price, the same in year one and year ten. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How much does a domain for your email cost? > Postelva prices per year: .com $12.49, .me $18.49, .email $29.49. The same price to renew and transfer, paid in crypto, no KYC. - URL: https://postelva.com/pricing/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Every extension we sell for email addresses, with one price per year that also applies to renewals and transfers. No first-year discount, so no jump at the second invoice. **Quick answer — How much does a custom email domain cost at Postelva?** At **Postelva**, a .com for your email address costs $12.49/year, a .me $18.49/year and a .email $29.49/year. Each of the 14 extensions has one price every year: the first year, every renewal and a transfer in cost the same. You pay in crypto from a prepaid balance, from $25, with no KYC. ## Pricing rules in short | Attribute | Value | | --- | --- | | Unit | US dollars per year, for every extension | | First year | The listed price, never a promotional rate | | Renewal and transfer in | The same price as the first year | | Price rule | Every extension under Namecheap's regular renewal price read on 12 November 2026 | | WHOIS privacy | Free where the registry allows it | | DNS, email and URL forwarding | Free with every domain | | Email templates | Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 | | Transfer out | The transfer (EPP) code is free, requested from the client area | | Domain protection | Optional: +$29/year per domain | | Payment | Crypto only (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC), minimum top-up $25 | ## Every extension: first year, renewal and transfer One row per extension, in US dollars per year. The three price columns are equal on purpose. | Extension | 1st year | Renewal | Transfer | WHOIS privacy | Restrictions | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | .com | $12.49 | $12.49 | $12.49 | Free | None | | .net | $13.49 | $13.49 | $13.49 | Free | None | | .org | $12.49 | $12.49 | $12.49 | Free | None | | .io | $59.49 | $59.49 | $59.49 | Free | None | | .co | $33.49 | $33.49 | $33.49 | Free | None | | .app | $15.99 | $15.99 | $15.99 | Free | None | | .dev | $13.49 | $13.49 | $13.49 | Free | None | | .xyz | $14.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | Free | None | | .me | $18.49 | $18.49 | $18.49 | Free | None | | .online | $30.49 | $30.49 | $30.49 | Free | None | | .pro | $23.49 | $23.49 | $23.49 | Free | None | | .page | $11.49 | $11.49 | $11.49 | Free | None | | .link | $7.99 | $7.99 | $7.99 | Free | None | | .email | $29.49 | $29.49 | $29.49 | Free | None | *14 extensions · prices per year in USD* Prices in US dollars for one year, grid dated 12 November 2026, paid from a crypto balance. WHOIS privacy is free where the registry allows it. ## How do these prices compare with Namecheap's renewal? Namecheap discounts many first years with coupons, then renews at its regular price. That regular renewal is the fair comparison for an address you will keep for years. *Namecheap regular renewal prices as listed on domainoffer.net on 12 November 2026; namecheap.com refused our reader that day. Porkbun and Cloudflare Registrar sell several of these extensions for less: we do not claim to be the cheapest.* | Extension | Postelva, every year | Namecheap regular renewal | Postelva is lower by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | .com | $12.49 | $19.98 | 37% | | .net | $13.49 | $14.86 | 9% | | .org | $12.49 | $15.18 | 18% | | .me | $18.49 | $19.18 | 4% | | .email | $29.49 | $45.98 | 36% | | .xyz | $14.99 | $21.48 | 30% | | .co | $33.49 | $45.48 | 26% | | .io | $59.49 | $60.78 | 2% | | .dev | $13.49 | $20.98 | 36% | | .app | $15.99 | $22.98 | 30% | | .page | $11.49 | $16.98 | 32% | | .link | $7.99 | $11.98 | 33% | | .pro | $23.49 | $33.98 | 31% | | .online | $30.49 | $35.68 | 15% | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## How is each price set? **Each price starts from what the extension costs us and stays under a named competitor.** The cost floor is the highest of three dated figures: the registry's wholesale price plus the ICANN fee when it is published (for .com, $10.97 + $0.20 since 1 November 2026), Cloudflare Registrar's at-cost price, and Porkbun's renewal price minus 6%, since Porkbun sells close to cost. We add 10% and round up to a price ending in .49 or .99. Then we check that the result stays under Namecheap's regular renewal price for the same extension. For .io, a registry increase to $56 on 19 January 2027 is already counted, so its price will not move on that date. According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, this puts the 14 extensions a median 30% under Namecheap's regular renewal, from 2% under for .io to 37% under for .com. The page on [what a custom email domain costs in total](https://postelva.com/how-much-does-a-custom-email-domain-cost/ "How much does a custom email domain cost?") adds the mailbox plan of each provider to the domain price. ## What does an address cost over five and ten years? Because every year costs the same, the total is the yearly price times the years. Nothing to recalculate when the promotion ends. *At the prices of 12 November 2026. A registry price change would be announced on the updates page before it applies.* | Extension | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | .com | $12.49 | $37.47 | $62.45 | $124.90 | | .me | $18.49 | $55.47 | $92.45 | $184.90 | | .email | $29.49 | $88.47 | $147.45 | $294.90 | | .org | $12.49 | $37.47 | $62.45 | $124.90 | | .page | $11.49 | $34.47 | $57.45 | $114.90 | | .link | $7.99 | $23.97 | $39.95 | $79.90 | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## Which extension gives the best value for an email address? **For most people, a .com: it is the ending everyone types without thinking, and at $12.49 it is also one of the cheapest we sell.** A .me reads well in a personal address (anna@smith.me), a .email says exactly what the domain is for, and a .page or .link is the lowest yearly cost if the name you want is taken in .com. The guide to the [best domain extension for an email address](https://postelva.com/best-domain-extension-for-email/ "What is the best domain extension for an email address?") weighs length, typos and how each ending looks in an inbox. Avoid an ending you would have to spell out on the phone every time. An address is dictated, typed into forms and printed on invoices for years, so the few dollars between two extensions matter less than how easily people get it right. ## What is included, and what costs extra? **The domain price includes DNS hosting, email forwarding, URL forwarding, the one-click email templates, DNSSEC and the transfer code.** WHOIS privacy is free wherever the registry allows it. The only paid option is [Domain protection](https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ "What is Domain protection for an email domain?"), at $29 per year and per domain: the domain is registered in the name of DomaineGoat LLC, you stay the beneficiary, and a person reads every complaint before any action on it. The mailbox itself is not included, because Postelva does not host email. You pay your provider separately, in the way it accepts: Proton takes Bitcoin, for example, while most others take cards. The [step-by-step guides](https://postelva.com/guides/ "Custom email domain setup guides") list the plan each provider needs for a custom domain. ## How does payment work? 1. **Top up $25 or more** — Choose the amount and the coin (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC). The crypto amount and its rate are locked for 30 minutes. 2. **Send it to the address shown, on the exact network** — The payment page shows our deposit address for the coin and network you picked: BTC on Bitcoin, USDT on Tron (TRC-20) or Ethereum (ERC-20), USDC on Ethereum (ERC-20), ETH on Ethereum, SOL on Solana, LTC on Litecoin. Send only that coin on that network: funds sent on another network or in another coin can’t be recovered. The network fee comes on top of the amount. 3. **Send the exact amount shown, then click “I’ve sent the payment”** — Each top-up has its own exact amount (down to the last decimals): that is how we find your payment and link it to your account. 4. **Credited once your payment is checked on the blockchain** — Your balance is credited once we have checked the transaction on the blockchain, after the network has confirmed it. Typical network confirmation times: 5. **One balance for every domain** — If you started from a domain search, the top-up is the price of your cart (or the minimum, for a smaller cart), and the domains in your cart are registered once the top-up is credited. What is left stays on your balance for renewals, transfers, Domain protection and new domains. Unused balance stays on your account and never expires, and it pays for new domains, renewals and transfers. When a purchase costs less than the minimum top-up, the part added only to reach the minimum is refundable on request to support within 30 days of the payment, in USDT or USDC, as long as it has not been spent. The rest of the balance is not paid back, except where the law requires it. | Crypto | Network | Confirmations | Usual time | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Bitcoin (BTC) | Bitcoin | 2 | ≈ 20 min | | Tether (USDT) | Tron (TRC-20) | 20 | ≈ 1 min | | Tether (USDT) | Ethereum (ERC-20) | 12 | ≈ 5 min | | USD Coin (USDC) | Ethereum (ERC-20) | 12 | ≈ 5 min | | Ethereum (ETH) | Ethereum | 12 | ≈ 5 min | | Solana (SOL) | Solana | 1 | ≈ 1 min | | Litecoin (LTC) | Litecoin | 6 | ≈ 15 min | Closed the tab? The pending top-up stays under Billing in your account: open it to see the address and the exact amount again. ## Pricing questions ### Is there a first-year discount? No. Each extension has one price every year. A first-year discount is usually paid back at renewal; we prefer a price that stays the same. ### Can I register a domain for several years at once? Yes, up to 10 years in total, at the same yearly price. A .com for ten years costs $124.90. ### What if the domain cannot be registered after I pay? If a domain is taken in the meantime or refused by the registry, if a domain cannot be registered (taken in the meantime, refused by the registry), the full amount goes back to your balance. ### Why is the minimum top-up $25? The balance pays registrations, renewals and options, and never expires. The part added only to reach the minimum is refundable on request within 30 days, in USDT or USDC, if it has not been spent. ### Do you charge to transfer a domain out? No. The transfer code is free, requested from the client area and there is no exit fee. ## Sources of the price survey 1. [Porkbun pricing API (all extensions)](https://api.porkbun.com/api/json/v3/pricing/get) — Porkbun (read 2026-11-12) 2. [.com at Namecheap: registration, renewal and transfer prices](https://domainoffer.net/tld/com/namecheap) — domainoffer.net (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Cloudflare Registrar at-cost price list](https://cfdomainpricing.com/) — cfdomainpricing.com (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Verisign Reports First Quarter 2026 Results](https://investor.verisign.com/news-releases/news-release-details/verisign-reports-first-quarter-2026-results) — Verisign (read 2026-11-12) **Search your name on all 14 extensions** One search, one price per year, paid in crypto. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Proton Mail or Fastmail: which is better for a custom domain? > Proton Mail Plus gives 1 custom domain from $2.49 a month; Fastmail Individual is €60 a year with custom domains. Plans and records compared. - URL: https://postelva.com/proton-mail-vs-fastmail-custom-domain/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Both providers host your mailbox on your own domain, and both ask a paid plan for it. They differ in how the plan is limited, how many DNS records you type and whether you can pay with crypto. **Quick answer — Which is better for a custom domain, Proton Mail or Fastmail?** Proton Mail suits a low price and Bitcoin credit: Mail Plus covers 1 custom domain and 10 addresses from $2.49 a month on a 12-month term. Fastmail suits several domains on one plan, from €60 a year, with no crypto option found. Neither is a registrar you must use, so buy the domain at **Postelva**. ## Proton Mail and Fastmail for a custom domain, 12 November 2026 *Proton prices are in US dollars, Fastmail's in euros; they are not converted. Fastmail's DMARC advice was not read, so no value is given.* | Point | Proton Mail | Fastmail | | --- | --- | --- | | Free plan with a custom domain | No | No; a free trial of up to 30 days | | Entry plan with a custom domain | Mail Plus: 1 domain, 10 addresses, catch-all | Individual: use your own domains, extra addresses | | Larger plan | Proton Unlimited: 3 domains, 15 extra addresses | Duo (2 users) and Family (up to 6 users), custom domains included | | Price on a 12-month term | Plus $29.88 the first year, then $47.88; Unlimited $77.88, then $119.88 | Individual €60; Duo €96; Family €132 (tax included, in euros) | | Monthly billing | Plus $4.99 and Unlimited $12.99 listed | Individual €6, Duo €10, Family €14 | | Storage | Plus 15 GB; Unlimited 500 GB | Individual 60 GB in total; Duo 120 GB; Family up to 360 GB | | Sells domains | No: its help page says to buy from a registrar | Yes: .com, .net, .org, .io, .ac and .sh, for paid accounts, not on business Basic | | Direct crypto payment | Bitcoin only, as account credit, no autopay | None found on the pages read | | MX records | mail.protonmail.ch (10), mailsec.protonmail.ch (20) | in1-smtp.messagingengine.com (10), in2-smtp.messagingengine.com (20) | | DKIM records | 3 CNAME (protonmail, protonmail2, protonmail3) | 3 CNAME (fm1, fm2, fm3) | | One-click template at Postelva | Yes | Yes | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## What does each plan cost with your own domain? **Proton Mail Plus costs $29.88 for the first 12 months and $47.88 a year after; Fastmail Individual costs €60 for 12 months.** On Proton's pricing page, Mail Plus is $2.49 a month billed for 12 months against a $4.99 list price, and Proton Unlimited is $6.49 a month, billed $77.88 first and $119.88 at renewal. Fastmail's pricing page lists Individual at €6 a month, €5 a month on a 12-month term, and cheaper per month on 24 and 36 months. Duo is €96 a year for two users and Family is €132 a year for up to six. The currencies differ, and Fastmail's figures include tax, so compare the order of size rather than the cents. The jump in Proton's renewal price is the thing to remember: the first-year price is not the price of year two. ## How many custom domains and addresses do you get? **Proton Mail Plus gives 1 custom domain with 10 addresses, Proton Unlimited gives 3 domains, and Fastmail's pages state no domain count.** Proton's page says Unlimited has 15 extra addresses, and both of its plans include a catch-all. Fastmail's Individual plan says you can use your own domains to make custom addresses, and Duo and Family list custom domains as included. No number is printed on the pricing page, so the limit is not quoted here. Fastmail's Basic business plan does not support custom domains. If you want two or three separate domain names, such as a personal one and one for a side project, Fastmail's wording points to fewer limits, while Proton's plan table gives a hard count to plan around. The page [Proton Mail vs Tuta for a custom domain](https://postelva.com/proton-mail-vs-tuta-custom-domain/ "Proton Mail vs Tuta for a custom domain") shows how a third provider counts domains. ## How many DNS records does each provider need? **Proton lists eight records; Fastmail's default list has six, with DMARC not covered by the pages read.** According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, a Proton domain needs one verification TXT, two MX, one SPF TXT, three DKIM CNAME and one DMARC TXT, which makes 8. Fastmail's default DNS page lists two MX, one SPF TXT and three DKIM CNAME records, which makes 6, plus optional SRV records for automatic client set-up. Proton's SPF include is _spf.protonmail.ch; Fastmail's is spf.messagingengine.com. A domain may hold only one SPF record, so when you move from one to the other you change the include rather than adding a second record. The values are shown in each provider's own domain screen, and the full lists are in [how to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain") and [how to set up Fastmail with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/fastmail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Fastmail with a custom domain"). Postelva has one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing, so both providers can be applied in one click. ## Can you buy the domain from the provider? **Fastmail registers domains for paid accounts; Proton does not sell any.** Fastmail's help page lists .com, .net, .org, .io, .ac and .sh, available once an account is older than 7 days and not on Basic plans. Its page does not publish prices, and says it uses stored payment details to register and renew. Proton's custom domain help page tells you to buy the domain from a domain registrar. The domain is therefore always a separate purchase on Proton, and it is separate on Fastmail too if you want a different extension, a different payment method or a domain that does not sit inside your mail account. A domain bought outside the mail account survives the day you leave the mail provider. Postelva sells a .com for $12.49/year, the same price on every renewal, with free, requested from the client area if you transfer it, and the domain stays in your name. ## Can you pay with crypto? **Proton accepts Bitcoin as account credit; Fastmail lists no crypto option on the pages we read.** Proton's help page says the Bitcoin option works on the Bitcoin network only, with no Lightning, no Monero and no Ethereum-based tokens. You create a free account first, then buy credit. There is no autopay: you renew by hand, and at least 24 hours before the bill falls due. The credit does not expire. Fastmail's pricing and domain pages mention stored payment details and a free trial but name no crypto method, so we do not claim one. The domain at Postelva is paid in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, with a $25 minimum top-up and no identity document; the mailbox is paid wherever the provider accepts. Our overview of the field is in [the best private email provider with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/best-private-email-provider-with-custom-domain/ "Best private email provider with a custom domain"). ## Which one should you choose? **Choose Proton Mail for one domain with Bitcoin credit, and Fastmail for a household or several domains on one plan.** Proton Mail is the cheaper first year on the published prices. Fastmail's per-user plans cover two or six people under one account. The choice is not permanent. The address lives on the domain, so moving between the two means changing the MX, SPF and DKIM records at the registrar, not telling your contacts anything. Lower the TTL a day before the move and keep the old account until mail from the new one arrives. ## Proton Mail and Fastmail: questions ### Does Fastmail have a free plan with a custom domain? No. Fastmail offers a free trial of up to 30 days on Individual, Duo and Family, then charges. Proton's free plan does not support custom domains either. ### Which has more storage on the entry plan? Fastmail Individual lists 60 GB in total, of which 50 GB is for mail, calendar and contacts. Proton Mail Plus lists 15 GB. ### Can I use the same domain at both providers? Not for the same address at the same time. MX records point mail at one provider, so you choose one per domain, or give the second provider a subdomain. ### Is Postelva a mail provider? No. Postelva sells the domain, not the mailbox. The mail stays at Proton Mail, Fastmail or another provider that accepts custom domains. ### Which plan do I need for a custom domain at Proton? Mail Plus or higher. Proton's pricing page shows 1 custom email domain on Mail Plus and 3 on Unlimited. **In summary** - Proton Mail Plus: 1 custom domain, 10 addresses, $29.88 for 12 months, then $47.88 a year. - Proton Unlimited: 3 domains, $77.88 for 12 months, then $119.88 a year. - Fastmail Individual €60, Duo €96, Family €132 for 12 months, custom domains included. - Proton needs 8 DNS records; Fastmail's default list has 6. - Proton takes Bitcoin as account credit; no crypto option found at Fastmail. - Fastmail sells .com, .net, .org, .io, .ac and .sh to paid accounts; Proton sells no domains. - Postelva: .com is $12.49/year every year, paid in crypto, no ID. ## Sources 1. [Proton Mail pricing](https://proton.me/mail/pricing) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Proton - Custom domain](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Proton - Pay with Bitcoin](https://proton.me/support/pay-with-bitcoin) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Fastmail pricing](https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Fastmail - Default DNS records](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060591153) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Fastmail - Registering a domain through Fastmail](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/5948732264335) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) **Register the domain first** Either provider will accept it. Search a name and pay in crypto. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Proton Mail or Tuta: which is better for a custom domain? > Proton Mail Plus allows 1 custom domain and Unlimited 3; Tuta Revolutionary allows 3 and Legend 10. Plans, records and payment compared. - URL: https://postelva.com/proton-mail-vs-tuta-custom-domain/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Both encrypted providers accept your own domain on paid plans only. They differ in how many domains each plan includes, how many records you type and whether you can pay in crypto. **Quick answer — Which is better for a custom domain, Proton Mail or Tuta?** Proton Mail suits one domain at a low price: Mail Plus covers 1 custom domain and 10 addresses from $2.49 a month on a 12-month term. Tuta suits several domains, with 3 on Revolutionary and 10 on Legend. Neither sells domains, so you register one at a registrar such as **Postelva**. ## Proton Mail and Tuta for a custom domain, 12 November 2026 *Fields Tuta's own pages did not show are marked as not verified. Proton Duo, Family and business plans are left out for the same reason.* | Point | Proton Mail | Tuta | | --- | --- | --- | | Free plan with a custom domain | No | No | | Entry plan with a custom domain | Mail Plus: 1 domain, 10 addresses, catch-all | Revolutionary: 3 domains, catch-all | | Larger plan | Proton Unlimited: 3 domains | Legend: 10 domains; top Business tier: unlimited | | Price shown on the pricing page | Plus $2.49/month on a 12-month term (list $4.99); Unlimited $6.49/month | Not verified: the add-on user price appears as EUR 3 and EUR 8 a month | | Sells domains | No | No (its blog recommends outside registrars) | | Direct crypto payment | Bitcoin only, as account credit, no autopay | No; only gift cards bought with Bitcoin, Monero or cash | | MX records | 2: mail.protonmail.ch (10), mailsec.protonmail.ch (20) | 1 shown in secondary sources: mail.tutanota.de; copy from Tuta's wizard | | DKIM records | 3 CNAME | 2 CNAME reported; copy from Tuta's wizard | | Jurisdiction | Switzerland | Germany | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## How many custom domains does each plan include? **Proton Mail Plus includes 1 custom domain and 10 addresses, Proton Unlimited includes 3 domains, Tuta Revolutionary includes 3 and Tuta Legend includes 10.** Tuta's unlimited domain count belongs to its top business tier only. For one personal domain, the counts are equal in practice. For a family with a personal domain, a second one for a project and a third one for a shop, Tuta reaches that count on an entry-level paid plan, while Proton needs Unlimited. Check the current page of each provider before you pay, because both change their plan tables. Proton's pricing page shows Mail Plus at $2.49 a month when billed for 12 months, which is $29.88 for the first year and $47.88 a year after. Unlimited is $6.49 a month on the same term, $77.88 the first year and $119.88 afterwards. Tuta's pricing figures could not be read in full on 12 November 2026, so we publish none. ## Which one needs fewer DNS records? **Proton asks for eight records and shows every one in a wizard; Tuta shows its values in a wizard too, but several could not be confirmed from Tuta's own pages.** According to Postelva's count of Proton's support pages on 12 November 2026, a Proton domain needs one verification TXT, two MX, one SPF TXT, three DKIM CNAME and one DMARC TXT: 8 records. Tuta's setup lists a TXT record for ownership, an MX record, a TXT record for SPF, DKIM CNAME records and a recommended DMARC TXT, with a CNAME for MTA-STS also in its list. For Tuta we state only what its pages and blog confirm. The record names and targets, such as the DKIM selectors and the SPF include, are shown in Tuta's setup wizard under Global Settings, Custom email domains: copy them from there rather than from a third-party guide. Our step-by-step pages cover both providers: [how to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain") and [how to set up Tuta with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/tuta-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Tuta with a custom domain"). Postelva has a one-click Proton Mail template. Tuta has none at Postelva: its MX, TXT and CNAME records are typed in the DNS editor. ## Can I pay for Proton Mail or Tuta in crypto? **Proton accepts Bitcoin as account credit; Tuta accepts no crypto for subscriptions directly.** Proton's help page says the Bitcoin option works on the Bitcoin network only, with no Lightning, no Monero and no Ethereum tokens. You first create a free account, then buy credit with Bitcoin. There is no autopay, so you renew by hand and pay at least 24 hours before the bill is due. The credit does not expire. Tuta lists card, PayPal and bank transfer for subscriptions. Crypto reaches Tuta only through gift cards bought with Bitcoin, Monero or cash from a partner. The domain is a separate purchase in both cases. At Postelva you pay in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC from a prepaid balance with a $25 minimum, which leaves the mailbox as the only part you pay elsewhere. ## Which features differ for aliases, catch-all and encryption? **Both providers offer a catch-all on paid plans, and both encrypt mail between their own users.** Proton supports plus addressing with no setup: name+word@ delivers to the same inbox. Whether this works on a custom domain is not confirmed by an official page we read. Tuta's support states that plus addressing is not supported on Tuta-owned domains, and its behaviour on a custom domain is not verified. Tuta sets a catch-all per custom domain, under Global Settings, Custom email domains. Proton offers one on paid plans with a custom domain. Proton uses OpenPGP for mail between Proton users; Tuta uses its own scheme and says it encrypts subject lines. Mail to outside addresses is not end-to-end encrypted by default at either, and for Proton this point was not re-verified on an official page on 12 November 2026. ## What does a move between the two cost you with your own domain? **With your own domain, a move between Proton and Tuta changes records, not your address.** The domain stays at your registrar. You add the new provider's records, remove the old MX records, and the address you gave to others keeps working. The order matters: export or import the old mail first, lower the TTL on the old records a day ahead, switch MX last and keep the old account until you have seen new mail arrive. The page on how to [keep your email address when changing provider](https://postelva.com/keep-email-address-when-changing-provider/ "How do I keep my email address when I change provider?") has the full sequence. Postelva sells $12.49/year .com domains with the same price on renewal and transfer, so a long-lived address does not get more expensive in year two. Our [index of providers with custom domains](https://postelva.com/data/email-provider-custom-domain-index-2026/ "Which email providers support custom domains in 2026?") lists the other providers you could move to. ## Proton Mail and Tuta: questions ### Does Tuta offer a free plan with a custom domain? No. Tuta's custom domains need a paid plan, starting with Revolutionary. Proton's free plan does not support custom domains either. ### Which provider sells me the domain? Neither. Proton's help pages tell you to buy the domain from a registrar, and Tuta's blog recommends outside registrars. A .com at Postelva is $12.49/year a year. ### How many addresses does Proton Mail Plus give on a custom domain? Mail Plus gives 10 addresses on 1 custom domain. Proton Unlimited raises the domain count to 3. ### Can I use one domain on both providers? Not for the same address. MX records point mail to one provider at a time, so you choose one for each domain, or use a subdomain for the second. ### Is Postelva a mail provider? No. Postelva sells the domain, not the mailbox. You keep your mail at Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail or another provider. **In summary** - Proton Mail Plus: 1 custom domain, 10 addresses, $2.49/month on a 12-month term; Unlimited: 3 domains. - Tuta Revolutionary: 3 domains; Legend: 10; unlimited on the top business tier only. - Neither has a free plan with a custom domain, and neither sells domains. - Proton needs 8 DNS records; Tuta's exact values come from its own wizard. - Proton takes Bitcoin as account credit; Tuta takes no direct crypto. - Postelva sells the domain (.com $12.49/year, the same every year), paid in crypto, with no ID. ## Sources 1. [Proton Mail pricing](https://proton.me/mail/pricing) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Proton - Custom domain](https://proton.me/support/custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Proton - Pay with Bitcoin](https://proton.me/support/pay-with-bitcoin) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Tuta pricing](https://tuta.com/pricing) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Tuta - How to get a domain name and email](https://tuta.com/blog/own-domain-email) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Tuta - SPF, DMARC, DKIM for custom domains](https://tuta.com/blog/posts/dkim-custom-email-domain) — Tuta (read 2026-11-12) **Register the domain first** Either provider will accept it. Search a name and pay in crypto. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # SimpleLogin or addy.io: which is better for a custom domain? > SimpleLogin Premium is $36 a year with unlimited custom domains; addy.io Lite is $1 a month for 1 domain and Pro $3 a month for 20. - URL: https://postelva.com/simplelogin-vs-addy-io-custom-domain/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Both services forward mail from aliases on your domain to an inbox you already have. They differ in plan limits, in the records you publish and in how you pay. **Quick answer — Which is better for a custom domain, SimpleLogin or addy.io?** SimpleLogin suits many domains on one plan: Premium is $36 a year with unlimited custom domains. addy.io suits one or twenty domains at a lower start: Lite is $1 a month for 1 domain and Pro $3 a month for 20. Both forward only, so register the domain at **Postelva**. ## SimpleLogin and addy.io for a custom domain, 12 November 2026 *Both prices are in US dollars. addy.io's yearly total for Lite, $12, and for Pro, $36, is our arithmetic from the monthly figure billed yearly.* | Point | SimpleLogin | addy.io | | --- | --- | --- | | Free plan with a custom domain | No: Free is 10 aliases, 1 mailbox | No: Free allows none | | Entry plan with a custom domain | Premium: $36 a year or $4 billed monthly | Lite: $1 a month, billed yearly | | Custom domains | Unlimited on Premium | Lite 1; Pro 20 | | Larger plan | None: one paid plan | Pro: $3 a month billed yearly, or $4 billed monthly | | Mailboxes or recipients | Unlimited mailboxes | Lite 5 recipients; Pro 30 | | Catch-all | Yes, catch-all (wildcard) domain | On by default on custom domains; can be turned off | | Crypto payment | Bitcoin, Monero and more via ProxyStore | Yearly plans; vouchers with Bitcoin or Monero via ProxyStore | | DNS records, full list | 8: ownership TXT, 2 MX, SPF, 3 DKIM CNAME, DMARC | 7: ownership TXT, 2 MX, SPF, 2 DKIM CNAME, DMARC | | MX hosts | mx1.simplelogin.co (10), mx2.simplelogin.co (20) | mail.anonaddy.me (10), mail2.anonaddy.me (20) | | Self-hosting | Not checked | Yes, open source, needs server administration and PHP | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## What does each plan cost for a custom domain? **SimpleLogin has one paid plan at $36 a year; addy.io starts at $1 a month for one domain.** On SimpleLogin's pricing page the free plan lists 10 aliases and one mailbox, and Premium at $36 a year or $4 billed monthly lists unlimited aliases, mailboxes and custom domains, catch-all, 5 subdomains and 50 directories. addy.io's page prices Lite at $1 a month, billed yearly only, and Pro at $3 a month on a yearly bill or $4 monthly. Lite allows 1 custom domain, Pro 20. The arithmetic is $12 a year for Lite and $36 a year for Pro, so the yearly price of addy.io Pro equals SimpleLogin Premium and the real difference is the domain cap. The free plan of addy.io has no custom domain. ## How many domains, aliases and recipients are included? **SimpleLogin allows unlimited domains and mailboxes on Premium; addy.io caps domains at 1 on Lite and 20 on Pro and recipients at 5 and 30.** For a single personal domain, either plan is enough. A household with a name domain, a project domain and a shop domain needs addy.io Pro or SimpleLogin Premium. addy.io Lite also limits shared-domain aliases to 50 and monthly bandwidth to 100 MB, while Pro lifts both to unlimited. SimpleLogin's page lists no bandwidth line. These caps matter for shared domain aliases; aliases on your own domain are the point of this comparison, and the page states no equivalent cap for them. The idea behind aliases is explained in [what is a custom email domain](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?"). ## Which one needs fewer DNS records? **addy.io lists seven records and SimpleLogin eight.** According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, the full setup of addy.io has 7 lines (an ownership TXT, 2 MX, 1 SPF, 2 DKIM CNAMEs and 1 DMARC) and SimpleLogin's has 8 (an ownership TXT, 2 MX, 1 SPF, 3 DKIM CNAMEs and 1 DMARC), counted from the official guides. Only the two MX records are needed to receive forwarded mail on either service; SPF, DKIM and DMARC are needed to send and reply from an alias. addy.io says the ownership TXT can be removed once the domain is added. Both TXT ownership values are unique to your account, so copy them from the dashboard. The full lists are in [how to set up SimpleLogin with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/simplelogin-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up SimpleLogin with a custom domain") and [how to use addy.io with a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/addy-io-custom-domain-setup/ "How to use addy.io with a custom domain"). If you also use the Cloudflare proxy, set every one of these records to DNS only. Postelva supports free DNS hosting with A, AAAA, CNAME, ALIAS, MX, TXT, NS, SRV and CAA records, DNSSEC, and your own nameservers if you prefer (2 to 13), so each type can be entered; neither service has a one-click template, so you type the records. ## How do catch-all and aliases compare? **Both services create an alias on first mail to any address on your domain, and both let you restrict it.** SimpleLogin calls it Catch All, with an Auto Create option restricted by a regular expression. addy.io has catch-all on by default on custom domains and on username subdomains, can switch it off, or use a regular expression so only matching addresses are created. That design lets each website receive its own address, which makes a leak traceable. The pattern is covered in [how to use a catch-all address and aliases](https://postelva.com/guides/catch-all-and-aliases/ "How to use a catch-all address and aliases on your own domain"). Remember that both services relay mail to a real inbox: you still need a mailbox somewhere else. ## Can you pay with crypto? **Both services reach crypto through a reseller called ProxyStore, and addy.io limits it to yearly plans.** SimpleLogin's page says its crypto payments run through ProxyStore, which currently supports Bitcoin, Monero and more, while card and PayPal go through Paddle. addy.io lists crypto payment for Lite and Pro yearly plans, and vouchers can be bought with Monero or Bitcoin through the same reseller. The domain is a separate purchase. Postelva takes BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC from a prepaid balance with a $25 minimum and does not accept Monero. A .com is $12.49/year every year, against Namecheap's regular renewal of $19.98 read on 12 November 2026; we do not claim to be the cheapest. ## Which service should you choose? **Choose addy.io for one or a few domains at a lower entry price, and SimpleLogin when the domain count is open-ended.** SimpleLogin is the simpler product to buy: one paid plan and no caps on domains or mailboxes. addy.io gives a cheaper first step and an open-source option for people who prefer to run their own server. A third path is a mailbox provider with its own aliases, compared in [Proton Mail vs Tuta for a custom domain](https://postelva.com/proton-mail-vs-tuta-custom-domain/ "Proton Mail vs Tuta for a custom domain"). Whatever you pick, the domain stays yours and moves with you. ## SimpleLogin and addy.io: questions ### Does SimpleLogin have a free plan with a custom domain? No. The free plan lists 10 aliases and one mailbox, and custom domains appear only on Premium at $36 a year or $4 billed monthly. ### How many custom domains does addy.io Lite allow? One. Pro allows 20, and the free plan allows none. Lite is $1 a month billed yearly, which is $12 a year. ### Do I need a mailbox for either service? Yes. Both forward mail to an inbox you already have, so they do not replace Proton Mail, Fastmail or another mailbox host. ### Can I move from one service to the other? Yes. Delete the old MX and DKIM records, add the new service's records at the registrar and verify the domain. The aliases you gave out keep working because they are on your domain. ### Is Postelva an alias service? No. Postelva sells the domain, not the alias service or the mailbox. It registers the domain for crypto with no ID, and you point it at SimpleLogin or addy.io. **In summary** - SimpleLogin Premium: $36 a year or $4 monthly, unlimited custom domains and mailboxes. - addy.io Lite: $1 a month billed yearly, 1 domain, 5 recipients; Pro: $3 a month billed yearly, 20 domains, 30 recipients. - SimpleLogin lists 8 DNS records, addy.io 7; only the 2 MX records are needed to receive. - Both forward to an existing inbox and neither hosts a mailbox. - Both reach crypto through ProxyStore; addy.io on yearly plans. - addy.io is open source and can be self-hosted. - Postelva: .com is $12.49/year every year, paid in crypto, no ID. ## Sources 1. [SimpleLogin pricing](https://simplelogin.io/pricing/) — SimpleLogin (read 2026-11-12) 2. [SimpleLogin - Add a custom domain](https://simplelogin.io/docs/custom-domain/add-domain/) — SimpleLogin (read 2026-11-12) 3. [addy.io pricing](https://addy.io/pricing/) — addy.io (read 2026-11-12) 4. [addy.io - Adding a custom domain](https://addy.io/help/adding-a-custom-domain/) — addy.io (read 2026-11-12) 5. [addy.io FAQ](https://addy.io/faq/) — addy.io (read 2026-11-12) **Register the domain first** Either service will accept it. Search a name and pay in crypto. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC: what is the difference? > SPF lists allowed sending servers, DKIM signs each message, DMARC sets the policy and reports. Gmail asks all three above 5,000 mails a day. - URL: https://postelva.com/spf-vs-dkim-vs-dmarc/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Three DNS records, three different jobs. SPF checks the server, DKIM checks the message, DMARC decides what to do when the checks fail. **Quick answer — What is the difference between SPF, DKIM and DMARC?** SPF lists the servers allowed to send mail for your domain, DKIM adds a cryptographic signature to each message, and DMARC tells receivers what to do when both checks fail to align with the From address. **Postelva** hosts all three as DNS records on a .com at $12.49/year a year, with free DNS. ## SPF, DKIM and DMARC side by side | Point | SPF | DKIM | DMARC | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | What it checks | The IP address of the server that delivers the message | A signature made with a private key of the sending domain | That SPF or DKIM passed AND matches the domain in the From address | | Where it lives in DNS | TXT record at the domain name, starting v=spf1 | Public key at selector._domainkey.domain (TXT, or a CNAME to the provider's key) | TXT record at _dmarc.domain, starting v=DMARC1 | | Who publishes it | The domain owner, from the provider's include | The provider generates the keys; the owner publishes them | The domain owner alone | | Standard | RFC 7208 (Proposed Standard) | RFC 6376 (Internet Standard, STD 76) | RFC 9989 (Proposed Standard, May 2026, replaces RFC 7489) | | Number of records | One per domain, never two | One per selector: 3 for Proton Mail and Fastmail, 4 for Mailbox.org | One per domain | | Main limit | At most 10 DNS lookups | Key of at least 1024 bits for signers | Must pass with an aligned identifier | | Gives a report | No | No | Yes, aggregate reports to the rua address | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## What does SPF do? **SPF answers one question: is the server that delivered this message allowed to send for the domain?** The domain owner publishes a TXT record that starts with v=spf1 and lists allowed sources, for example include:_spf.protonmail.ch for Proton Mail. A receiver compares the connecting IP address with the list and gets a result: pass, fail, softfail or neutral, depending on the qualifier at the end (-all, ~all or ?all). SPF checks the envelope sender (the MAIL FROM) and the HELO name, not the From address that the reader sees. That gap is the reason DMARC exists. SPF also has hard limits: a domain must have only one SPF record, and evaluation stops with a permanent error after 10 DNS-querying terms (include, a, mx, ptr, exists, redirect). The full method is in the guide to [creating an SPF record](https://postelva.com/guides/spf-record-setup/ "How to create an SPF record for a custom domain"). ## What does DKIM do? **DKIM answers a different question: was this message signed by the domain it claims, and did it arrive unchanged?** The sending server signs selected headers and the body with a private key. The receiver reads the signing domain (d=) and the selector (s=) from the DKIM-Signature header, fetches the public key at selector._domainkey.domain in DNS and checks the signature. Because the signature travels with the message, DKIM survives a forward that leaves the message intact, which SPF does not, since a forwarder sends from its own IP address. RFC 6376 says signers must use RSA keys of at least 1024 bits for long-lived keys, and recommends new selectors when keys change. Providers publish the keys for you: three CNAME records for Proton Mail and Fastmail, four for Mailbox.org. Details are in the guide to [setting up DKIM](https://postelva.com/guides/dkim-setup/ "How to set up DKIM for a custom email domain"). ## What does DMARC do? **DMARC ties SPF and DKIM to the visible From domain and tells receivers what to do when neither check lines up.** A message passes DMARC when SPF or DKIM passes and the domain it authenticated matches the From domain. Alignment is relaxed by default (same organizational domain) and strict when set with aspf=s or adkim=s. The record sits at _dmarc.yourdomain and carries a policy: p=none (monitor only), p=quarantine (treat as suspicious) or p=reject (refuse). An rua address receives aggregate reports, which show who sends mail in your name. RFC 9989, published in May 2026, is the current specification; it obsoletes RFC 7489, removes the pct tag and adds a t test flag. The rollout from monitoring to rejection is in the guide to [setting up DMARC](https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ "How to set up DMARC: p=none to p=reject"). ## Do I need all three? **Yes: a custom domain that sends mail should publish SPF, DKIM and DMARC, because major receivers ask for them.** Google's sender guidelines require SPF, DKIM and a DMARC record (policy none is enough) for senders above 5,000 messages a day to Gmail accounts. Microsoft asks Outlook.com senders above 5,000 a day for the same three, from 5 May 2025, and Yahoo requires SPF, DKIM and DMARC for bulk senders too. A personal mailbox sends far fewer messages, so the thresholds do not bind you. The records still decide whether your mail reaches the inbox, and they stop others from forging your address. According to Postelva's count of 12 November 2026 from provider help pages, a full Proton Mail setup takes 8 DNS records and a full Mailbox.org setup takes 11, of which 3 and 4 are DKIM keys. The MX records are covered in [what an MX record is](https://postelva.com/what-is-an-mx-record/ "What is an MX record?"). ## Which mistakes break the three records? **Three mistakes cause most failures: a second SPF record, more than 10 lookups, and a DMARC policy set too strict too early.** A domain with two SPF records returns a permanent error, so add the new provider's include to the existing record. Stacking a mail host, a newsletter tool and a helpdesk can push the lookup count past 10, and the record then fails for every sender. Mailbox.org and Proton both advise starting DMARC at p=none, and Mailbox.org warns that a strict policy applied too early can bounce legitimate mail. A fourth mistake is keeping the previous provider's DKIM and SPF entries for months. They do no harm to delivery, but they widen the list of servers allowed to speak for you. Remove them once the move is confirmed. ## How do the three work together on one message? **The receiver runs SPF and DKIM, then DMARC combines the results.** Take a message from you@yourname.com sent through Proton Mail. SPF passes if the connecting server is in the _spf.protonmail.ch list. DKIM passes if the signature made with the key under yourname.com verifies. DMARC then asks whether at least one of the two passed with yourname.com in the aligned identifier. If yes, the message passes; if not, the receiver applies your policy and files the result in the next aggregate report. RFC 9989 notes that a domain on p=reject must not rely on SPF alone and should sign with DKIM, because SPF breaks on forwarding. ARC (RFC 8617), an experimental standard, lets forwarders record the original results, though it is not part of your own setup. After publishing records, [check them with dig](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records") before you tighten any policy. A citable definition: SPF authorizes servers, DKIM authenticates messages, and DMARC enforces the match with the From domain and reports the outcome. ## SPF, DKIM and DMARC questions ### Which record should I set up first? Set up SPF and DKIM first, since they come from your email provider, then publish DMARC at p=none with a report address. DMARC cannot pass without at least one of the other two. ### Can DMARC pass with only SPF or only DKIM? Yes. One aligned pass is enough. For a p=reject policy, RFC 9989 says not to rely on SPF alone and to add DKIM signatures. ### Does a personal domain need DMARC? The sender rules of Google and Microsoft apply above 5,000 messages a day. A DMARC record at p=none still costs one TXT record and shows who sends mail in your name. ### Why does SPF fail when I forward mail? A forwarder sends from its own IP address, which is not in your SPF list. DKIM still verifies if the forwarder leaves the message unchanged. ### Do SPF, DKIM and DMARC encrypt my email? No. They authenticate the sender and do not hide content. Transport encryption between servers is a different layer, covered by MTA-STS. **In summary** - SPF lists the servers allowed to send for your domain: one TXT record, 10 lookups at most. - DKIM signs each message; the public key lives at selector._domainkey. - DMARC requires an aligned SPF or DKIM pass and sets p=none, quarantine or reject. - DMARC is defined by RFC 9989 (May 2026), which obsoletes RFC 7489. - Google, Yahoo and Microsoft ask for all three from bulk senders above 5,000 messages a day. - A full Proton Mail setup is 8 DNS records, a Mailbox.org setup 11. - Postelva hosts the records in free DNS; a .com costs $12.49/year every year. ## Sources 1. [RFC 7208, Sender Policy Framework](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7208.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 2. [RFC 6376, DomainKeys Identified Mail Signatures](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6376.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 3. [RFC 9989, DMARC](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9989.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 4. [RFC 8617, Authenticated Received Chain](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8617) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Email sender guidelines](https://support.google.com/a/answer/81126) — Google Workspace Admin Help (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Strengthening email security: new requirements for high-volume senders](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/outlook/strengthening-email-security-outlook-new-requirements-for-high-volume-senders/4399730) — Microsoft Tech Community (read 2026-11-12) 7. [Sender best practices](https://senders.yahooinc.com/best-practices/) — Yahoo Sender Hub (read 2026-11-12) 8. [SPF, DKIM and DMARC for a custom domain](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/spf-dkim-and-dmarc/) — Mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # What changed on Postelva? > Every change to Postelva's prices, extensions and email setup guides, dated and sourced. Prices last checked on 12 November 2026. - URL: https://postelva.com/updates/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) A dated log of every change to the prices, the extensions and the guides. The newest entry comes first. **Quick answer — What changed on Postelva most recently?** On 12 November 2026, Postelva published its price grid of 14 extensions for email addresses, from .link at $7.99/year to .io at $59.49/year, each under Namecheap's regular renewal price read that day. It also published 15 step-by-step guides for Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, iCloud+ and Migadu, and for SPF, DKIM, DMARC and MTA-STS. ## Which changes were made, and when? | Date | Change | Page | | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-11-12 | Price grid of 14 extensions, one price every year, from a survey of Namecheap, Porkbun and Cloudflare Registrar read the same day | [Prices](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") | | 2026-11-12 | Provider index: custom-domain plans, prices, limits and DNS records of 14 email services | [Provider index 2026](https://postelva.com/data/email-provider-custom-domain-index-2026/ "Which email providers support custom domains in 2026?") | | 2026-11-12 | Seven provider guides (Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailbox.org, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, iCloud+, Migadu) and eight DNS guides | [Setup guides](https://postelva.com/guides/ "Which guide do I need to set up a custom email domain?") | | 2026-11-12 | Four alias and mailbox guides: SimpleLogin, addy.io, Purelymail and Mailfence, records read in each provider's documentation | [Setup guides](https://postelva.com/guides/ "Which guide do I need to set up a custom email domain?") | | 2026-11-12 | Comparison of private email providers that accept a custom domain, a private alternative to Google Workspace and a guide to free email forwarding | [Best private email provider](https://postelva.com/best-private-email-provider-with-custom-domain/ "What is the best private email provider with a custom domain in 2026?") | | 2026-11-12 | Original study: SPF, DMARC, MTA-STS, TLS reporting and BIMI on the 1,000 most popular domains (Tranco list of 11 November 2026) | [Email authentication statistics 2026](https://postelva.com/data/email-authentication-statistics-2026/ "How many popular domains use SPF, DMARC and MTA-STS in 2026?") | | 2026-11-12 | Gmail and Cloudflare Email Routing guides; Proton Mail vs Fastmail and SimpleLogin vs addy.io for a custom domain | [Setup guides](https://postelva.com/guides/ "Which guide do I need to set up a custom email domain?") | | 2026-11-12 | Site published in 25 languages | [Home](https://postelva.com/ "Your address. Your domain. Any provider.") | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## How often are prices and provider facts checked? **Competitor prices are read again before any change to our own prices, and every survey keeps its date.** According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, the 14 extensions sit a median 30% under Namecheap's regular renewal price; the rule behind each price is on the [prices page](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?"). Provider facts (plans, limits, DNS records) are checked against each provider's own help pages; when a provider changes a record value, the guide and this log change on the same day. The [provider index](https://postelva.com/data/email-provider-custom-domain-index-2026/ "Which email providers support custom domains in 2026?") shows where each row comes from. ## What goes into this log? **Every change that a reader or an AI assistant could quote goes into this log: prices, extensions, payment methods, provider facts and the DNS values in the guides.** A typo fix does not get an entry; a changed number or a changed record always does. - **Prices and extensions:** a new extension, a changed price, or a registry price change announced in advance. - **Provider facts:** a provider that changes its plans, its custom-domain limits or the records it asks for. - **Guides:** a new guide, or a guide whose records or steps changed. - **Service:** a change to payment, renewals, transfers or Domain protection. Each page also shows its own Last updated date at the top, and the same date is in the page's structured data and in the sitemap. Questions about a change can go to support@postelva.com. --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I set up a family email domain for everyone? > One domain gives each family member an address. A .com costs $12.49/year; Fastmail Family covers up to 6 users, iCloud+ up to 5 domains. - URL: https://postelva.com/use-cases/family-email-domain/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) A family domain gives every person an address at the same name, and the whole family can change provider later without changing a single address. **Quick answer — How do I set up a family email domain for everyone?** Register one domain, then give each person an address at a provider that accepts several users on it. **Postelva** sells the domain, a .com at $12.49/year every year; Fastmail Family covers up to 6 users at 132 EUR a year, and iCloud+ allows up to 5 domains with 10 addresses each. ## Providers that can host several family members on one domain *Plan data from the providers' own pages, read on 12 November 2026. Prices are in the currency of the page and may differ by region.* | Provider and plan | Price | People and addresses | Note | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Fastmail Duo | 10 EUR a month, 96 EUR a year | 2 users | Custom domains supported | | Fastmail Family | 14 EUR a month, 132 EUR a year | Up to 6 users | Custom domains supported | | iCloud+ (any paid tier) | Not published on the Apple page | Up to 5 domains, up to 10 addresses per domain, shared with up to 5 other people | Domain can be bought through Apple, paid by card, PayPal or Apple Pay | | Mailbox.org Light | 12 EUR a year | Custom domains only in family accounts | Not offered monthly | | Migadu Micro | 19 USD a year | Unlimited mailboxes and aliases | Limits of 200 messages in and 20 out per day | | Purelymail | 10 USD a year, flat | No hard cap on users | Heavy use may need advanced pricing | | Zoho Mail Free | 0 | Up to 5 users, 5 GB each, 1 domain | No IMAP, POP or Exchange ActiveSync; a sixth user forces a paid plan | | Proton Unlimited | 6.49 USD a month when billed 12 months | 3 custom domains | Proton Duo and Family limits were not verified | ## Why should a family use its own domain? **A family domain keeps every address stable for as long as the family pays for the name.** Addresses at a provider's own domain belong to that provider: if the provider changes its prices, its rules or its existence, the addresses go with it. Skiff, the encrypted mail service that Notion bought in 2024 and shut down, is the standard example. A family on its own domain only changes the MX records and keeps every address. A second gain is organisation. With one domain, parents, children and the shared household accounts live under a single name: anna@, ben@, bills@, school@. The household address bills@ can be an alias that reaches both parents, as shown in [how to use a catch-all address and aliases](https://postelva.com/guides/catch-all-and-aliases/ "How to use a catch-all address and aliases on your own domain"). ## Which providers fit a family? **Fastmail, iCloud+, Mailbox.org, Migadu, Purelymail and Zoho Mail Free list a way to put several people on one domain.** According to Postelva's index of 12 November 2026, 6 of the 14 providers checked document such a plan or have no cap on users. For Proton Mail only Proton Unlimited, with 3 custom domains, was verified: the limits of its Duo and Family plans could not be confirmed from an official page, so Postelva does not state them. The choice mostly follows what the family already uses. A household on Apple devices can use iCloud+, which shares a custom domain with up to 5 other people. A mixed household can use Fastmail Family, which supports up to 6 users. A family that wants the lowest cost and sends little mail can use Migadu Micro at 19 USD a year or Purelymail at 10 USD a year, accepting the daily limits and a plainer interface. The complete list is in the [provider index of 2026](https://postelva.com/data/email-provider-custom-domain-index-2026/ "Which email providers support custom domains in 2026?"). ## Which extension should a family choose? **A .com is the safest family name because everybody types it by habit.** It costs $12.49/year at Postelva, which is $124.90 over ten years, because the price is the same in the first year, at renewal and at transfer. A .me costs $18.49/year and a .page costs $11.49/year. Short surnames are often taken in .com, and a name such as smith.page can read well when the .com is gone. Compare the options in [the best domain extension for an email address](https://postelva.com/best-domain-extension-for-email/ "What is the best domain extension for an email address?"). Register the name in the account of one adult, switch on automatic renewal from the balance (automatic renewal from your balance, switched on or off for each domain) and write down who holds the account. A lapsed domain stops all mail for the family. ## How do I set it up step by step? **Buy the domain, add it at the mail provider, give each person an address, then point the MX records at the provider.** The order is the same for every provider: register at Postelva, add the domain in the provider's admin screen, create the family's addresses, copy the DNS records that the provider shows, and enter them in the client area. For Fastmail the setup is described in the [Fastmail custom domain guide](https://postelva.com/guides/fastmail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Fastmail with a custom domain"). Postelva offers one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. Give every child an address only after the DNS works, and test it with a message from an outside account. ## What does a family domain cost over time? **A .com family domain costs $62.45 over five years at Postelva, plus the mail plan.** The domain price does not change at renewal. The mail plan is the larger cost: Fastmail Family is 132 EUR a year, Migadu Micro 19 USD a year, Purelymail 10 USD a year, and Zoho Mail Free costs nothing for up to 5 users. The domain is paid in crypto (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC) from a prepaid balance, minimum top-up $25. Postelva does not claim to be the cheapest; its .com was under Namecheap's regular renewal price of $19.98 read on 12 November 2026. ## Family email domain: questions ### Can children have their own addresses on the family domain? Yes, on any plan with several users or unlimited mailboxes. Fastmail Family supports up to 6 users, and Migadu and Purelymail have no hard cap on mailboxes. ### What happens if the person who registered the domain stops paying? The domain expires and mail stops. Use automatic renewal from the balance and keep the account details where another adult can find them. ### Can the family use Proton Mail? Yes, on a paid plan with a custom domain: Mail Plus has 1 domain and 10 addresses, Proton Unlimited has 3 domains. The Duo and Family limits were not verified. ### Do all addresses need a separate domain? No. One domain carries as many addresses as the plan allows, and a catch-all or aliases cover shared names such as bills@. ### Is the family's information public? The only contact data Postelva collects is one verified email for the domain. What stays public in WHOIS or RDAP depends on each registry, and .com is a thin registry that receives no registrant contact data. **In summary** - One domain gives each family member an address that survives a change of provider. - A .com costs $12.49/year a year at Postelva, $124.90 over ten years. - Fastmail Family: up to 6 users, 132 EUR a year; Duo: 2 users, 96 EUR. - iCloud+: up to 5 domains, 10 addresses each, shared with up to 5 people. - Migadu Micro 19 USD a year, Purelymail 10 USD a year, Zoho Mail Free 0 for up to 5 users. - 6 of the 14 providers in the index list a plan for several people. - Turn on automatic renewal: a lapsed domain stops all family mail. ## Sources 1. [Fastmail pricing](https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Use Custom Email Domain with iCloud Mail](https://support.apple.com/en-gb/102540) — Apple (read 2026-11-12) 3. [mailbox.org prices](https://mailbox.org/en/prices) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Migadu pricing](https://www.migadu.com/pricing/) — Migadu (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Purelymail pricing](https://purelymail.com/pricing) — Purelymail (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Zoho Mail pricing](https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html) — Zoho (read 2026-11-12) 7. [Proton Mail pricing](https://proton.me/mail/pricing) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 8. [Notion acquires Skiff](https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/2/notion-acquires-the-privacy-focused-platform-skiff-ending-its-services-within-6-months) — AlternativeTo (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # How do I get a professional email domain as a freelancer without a public address? > A freelancer needs a professional address, not a public home address. A .com is $12.49/year a year; Zoho Mail Free starts at 0 for 5 users. - URL: https://postelva.com/use-cases/freelancer-email-domain/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Clients trust you@yourbrand.com more than a free webmail address, and a domain does not have to put your home address in a public record. **Quick answer — How do I get a professional email domain as a freelancer without a public address?** Register a domain in your own name, point it at a mailbox provider and publish SPF, DKIM and DMARC records. **Postelva** collects only one verified email per domain, no address and no ID, and a .com costs $12.49/year a year; the mail plan starts at 0 with Zoho Mail Free. ## Mail plans a freelancer can combine with the domain *Plan data from the providers' own pages, read on 12 November 2026, in the currency of each page.* | Provider and plan | Price | Custom domains | Good for | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Zoho Mail Free | 0 | 1 domain, up to 5 users | A solo start; no IMAP, POP or Exchange ActiveSync | | Purelymail | 10 USD a year, flat | No hard cap | Several client domains at a low cost | | Migadu Micro | 19 USD a year | Almost unlimited, unlimited mailboxes | One address per project; 200 messages in and 20 out a day | | Proton Mail Plus | 2.49 USD a month when billed 12 months | 1 domain, 10 addresses | Private mail with encryption between Proton users | | StartMail Personal | 4.99 USD a month | 1 domain, unlimited aliases | Aliases for each client; Bitcoin on annual plans on request | | Mailbox.org Standard | 4 EUR a month, 36 EUR a year | Yes, 50 aliases | 50 aliases for custom domains on the Standard plan | | Fastmail Individual | 6 EUR a month, 60 EUR a year | Yes, many addresses | Many custom addresses on one account | ## Why does a freelancer need a domain at all? **A domain gives you an address that stays yours when you change provider, and it signals that you run a business.** An address at a free webmail service belongs to that service, and an address at a mail provider's own domain is lost when you leave it. With your own name, you@yourbrand.com keeps working, and you can add info@ or invoices@ aliases as the practice grows. The definition is in [what a custom email domain is](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?"). The practical cost is small. At Postelva a .com is $12.49/year a year, $62.45 over five years, with the same price at renewal. ## Does my home address appear in a public record? **At Postelva the only contact data collected is one email address for each domain, so no postal address exists to publish.** The domain is registered in your name through our ICANN-accredited registrar partner, and the email is required and verified, as ICANN rules require (within 15 days), and kept private. WHOIS privacy is free where the registry allows it, and what stays public depends on each registry. A .com is a thin registry: Verisign receives no registrant contact data. If a client or a complainant targets the domain, you can choose Domain protection for +$29 a year: the domain is registered in the name of DomaineGoat LLC, you stay the beneficiary and can take it back free, a transfer lock is on, and every complaint is read by a person before any action. Details are in [Domain protection](https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ "What is Domain protection for an email domain?"), and the privacy rules per extension are in [whether your email domain shows your name in WHOIS](https://postelva.com/whois-privacy-for-email-domain/ "Does my email domain show my name in WHOIS?"). ## Which mail plan should a freelancer choose? **Choose by the number of domains and addresses you need, then by the price.** According to Postelva's index of 12 November 2026, 6 of the 14 providers checked have a plan with a custom domain at or under 5 a month in the currency of their price page, billed annually where the plan is annual: Zoho Mail Free, Purelymail, Migadu Micro, Proton Mail Plus, StartMail Personal and Mailbox.org Standard. A freelancer with one brand and a few aliases fits Proton Mail Plus (1 domain, 10 addresses) or Mailbox.org Standard (50 aliases). A freelancer with several client domains fits Migadu or Purelymail, which have no hard cap on domains. Zoho Mail Free covers a very small start. For a fuller comparison, see [how much a custom email domain costs](https://postelva.com/how-much-does-a-custom-email-domain-cost/ "How much does a custom email domain cost?"). ## Do I need SPF, DKIM and DMARC if I send few emails? **Yes, because receivers judge a small domain on the same three records as a large one.** Google's sender rules, in force since 1 February 2024, require SPF, DKIM and DMARC for senders above 5,000 messages a day, and Microsoft set the same threshold for Outlook.com from 5 May 2025. A freelancer sends far fewer, so the rules do not bind formally, but the same records are what keep invoices out of the spam folder. Publish the SPF and DKIM records the provider gives you, then a DMARC record at p=none with a report address, and tighten it after a few days. Postelva offers one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. The step-by-step method is in [how to set up DMARC from p=none to p=reject](https://postelva.com/guides/dmarc-setup/ "How to set up DMARC: p=none to p=reject"). ## How do I pay for the domain without a card? **You pay in crypto from a prepaid balance.** Postelva accepts BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, with a minimum top-up of $25. Send the exact amount, click that you have sent the payment, and the top-up is matched by its exact amount and credited once confirmed. A domain is then registered usually within minutes of the top-up being credited. Keep the balance for renewals: automatic renewal runs from it. ## Freelancer email domain: questions ### Can I use the domain for several clients? Yes, on plans without a hard cap on domains such as Migadu or Purelymail. Proton Mail Plus covers 1 custom domain, and Proton Unlimited covers 3. ### Will my invoices land in spam? Not if SPF, DKIM and DMARC are published and pass. Start DMARC at p=none, read the reports and tighten later. ### Is the domain really in my name? Yes, you are the registrant of record. With Domain protection it is registered in the name of DomaineGoat LLC and you stay the beneficiary with a free hand-back. ### What if I stop freelancing? Keep the domain for the address, or request the transfer code, which is free, requested from the client area, and move it with no exit fee. ### Which extension looks professional? A .com is the default. A .pro costs $23.49/year and a .page $11.49/year. **In summary** - A domain gives a freelancer an address that survives a change of provider. - A .com costs $12.49/year a year at Postelva, the same at renewal. - Only one verified email per domain is collected, no postal address and no ID. - Domain protection costs +$29 a year and adds human review of complaints. - 6 of the 14 providers in the index have a custom-domain plan at or under 5 a month. - Publish SPF, DKIM and DMARC even for low volume. - Pay in BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, minimum top-up $25. ## Sources 1. [Email sender guidelines](https://support.google.com/a/answer/81126) — Google Workspace Admin Help (read 2026-11-12) 2. [Strengthening email security: new requirements for high-volume senders](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/outlook/strengthening-email-security-outlook-new-requirements-for-high-volume-senders/4399730) — Microsoft Tech Community (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Zoho Mail pricing](https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html) — Zoho (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Purelymail pricing](https://purelymail.com/pricing) — Purelymail (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Migadu pricing](https://www.migadu.com/pricing/) — Migadu (read 2026-11-12) 6. [Proton Mail pricing](https://proton.me/mail/pricing) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 7. [StartMail pricing](https://www.startmail.com/en/pricing) — StartMail (read 2026-11-12) 8. [mailbox.org prices](https://mailbox.org/en/prices) — mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) 9. [Fastmail pricing](https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 10. [2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # What happens to my email when my domain expires? > When a domain expires, its DNS stops resolving and mail bounces. ICANN policy gives a 30-day redemption period and two expiry notices. - URL: https://postelva.com/what-happens-to-email-when-domain-expires/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) Your mailbox may be fine at the provider, but the address works only while the domain resolves. Here is the sequence after expiry, what ICANN policy guarantees and how to avoid the first step. **Quick answer — What happens to my email when my domain expires?** Once an expired domain stops resolving, its MX records disappear and incoming mail bounces or is lost. ICANN policy lets you renew until the DNS interruption and gives gTLDs a 30-day redemption period after deletion. **Postelva** renews from your balance on the date, at $12.49/year for a .com, the same price every year. ## The stages after a domain expires *Based on the ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy of 21 February 2024, read 12 November 2026. Sponsored TLDs and registry-level grace periods differ; the exact day DNS stops resolving was not verified.* | Stage | What happens | Can you act? | | --- | --- | --- | | Before expiry | The registrar sends at least two notices, about one month and about one week before | Yes: renew at the normal price | | Expiry date | The domain stays registered under a registry grace period set by each registry | Yes: you may renew through the DNS interruption period | | DNS interruption | The domain stops resolving; the exact day varies by registrar | Yes, until deletion | | After deletion: redemption | gTLDs offer a 30-day Redemption Grace Period; DNS is off and transfers are blocked | Yes, by a restore request, with extra fees the registrar must publish | | After redemption | The name can be registered by anyone | No | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## Does my email stop at once when the domain expires? **Not necessarily on the expiry date, but it stops once the domain stops resolving.** The ICANN policy says the registrant may renew an expired name from the moment of expiry through the DNS interruption period, and that registry-level auto-renew grace periods are set by each registry, not by the policy. The effect on mail follows from DNS. A sender's server asks the DNS for the MX records of your domain. When the domain no longer resolves, that question has no answer, so the message bounces or waits and is returned. The mailbox at your provider is untouched, but nothing reaches it. This consequence is our reading of the policy, and the exact day when DNS stops varies by registrar. Negative answers are cached too. According to RFC 2308, a resolver can keep a "does not exist" answer for a time taken from the zone's SOA record, so a domain you have just renewed may still look dead at some resolvers for a while. ## How long do I have to renew an expired domain? **You may renew through the DNS interruption period, and gTLDs then offer a 30-day Redemption Grace Period after deletion.** In the redemption period, DNS resolution is disabled and transfers are blocked, but the registrar can restore the name at your request. Extra recovery fees apply, and the registrar must publish them. The policy also requires registrars to send at least two expiry notices, about one month and about one week before expiry. Those notices go to the registrant email, which is one more reason to keep that address working. ICANN rules require the registrant email to be verified within 15 days of registration or transfer, and a domain that stays unverified can be suspended. At Postelva, automatic renewal from your balance, switched on or off for each domain. The price does not rise at renewal: a .com is $12.49/year in year one and in year ten, so a balance sized for the first year covers the next ones. The balance part added only to reach the $25 minimum is refundable on request within 30 days in USDT or USDC if unspent; the rest of the balance never expires. ## What is the risk if someone else registers my domain? **After the redemption period, anyone can register your name, and the new owner then receives mail sent to your address.** That includes password-reset messages for the accounts that use the address. Two habits reduce it. Keep the domain on automatic renewal, with a funded balance, and renew by hand if the balance is low. And keep the registrant email working so that the notices arrive. Postelva's optional Domain protection, +$29/year, adds a transfer lock and registers the domain in the name of DomaineGoat LLC, with free hand-back to your name. It does not replace renewal: an unpaid domain expires with or without the option. The page on [Domain protection](https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ "What is Domain protection for an email domain?") explains what it covers. ## How much does it cost to keep an email domain alive? **A .com costs $124.90 over ten years at Postelva, which is $12.49/year a year.** According to Postelva's survey of 12 November 2026, Namecheap's regular .com renewal was $19.98, so ten years at that rate come to $199.80 without a coupon. Registry costs move: Verisign's wholesale .com fee rose 7% on 1 November 2026, from $10.26 to $10.97, with a separate ICANN fee of $0.20. Renewals made before a registry change keep the old rate for the term already bought. The cost of a lapse is higher than the fee: restore fees in redemption, and the risk of losing the address. The page on how to [keep your email address when changing provider](https://postelva.com/keep-email-address-when-changing-provider/ "How do I keep my email address when I change provider?") shows why the domain, not the mailbox, is the part to protect. If mail stops while the domain is still valid, the cause is usually a record, not the expiry. See [why email is not arriving at a custom domain](https://postelva.com/guides/email-not-arriving-custom-domain/ "Why is email not arriving at my custom domain?"). ## Domain expiry and email: questions ### Will my emails be saved if the domain expires? Mail already in your mailbox stays there. Messages sent while the domain does not resolve are returned to the sender or lost, so renew before the DNS interruption. ### How long is the redemption period? Thirty days for gTLDs other than sponsored ones, after deletion. During it DNS is off and transfers are blocked, and a restore costs extra fees. ### Can I transfer a domain that has expired? Not during the redemption period, because transfers are blocked. Renew first, then transfer with the code, which is free, requested from the client area at Postelva. ### Does auto-renew guarantee that the domain is renewed? No. Renewal needs enough balance on the date. At Postelva, automatic renewal is taken from your balance, so keep it funded. ### How do I know a renewal is due? The registrar must send at least two notices to the registrant email, about one month and about one week before expiry. Keep that email working. **In summary** - An expired domain stops resolving, and mail to your address bounces or is lost. - You may renew through the DNS interruption period; gTLDs then have a 30-day redemption period with extra fees. - Registrars must send at least two expiry notices, about one month and about one week before. - After redemption, anyone can register the name and receive mail sent to it. - Postelva renews from your balance at one price: a .com is $12.49/year every year. - Keep the registrant email working; ICANN requires its verification within 15 days. ## Sources 1. [ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy (21 February 2024)](https://www.icann.org/en/contracted-parties/consensus-policies/expired-registration-recovery-policy/expired-registration-recovery-policy-21-02-2024-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) 2. [ICANN - 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) 3. [RFC 2308 - Negative caching of DNS queries](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2308) — IETF (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Verisign raising wholesale .com prices](https://domainnamewire.com/2026/04/23/breaking-verisign-raising-wholesale-com-prices/) — Domain Name Wire (read 2026-11-12) 5. [Namecheap .com listing](https://domainoffer.net/tld/com/namecheap) — domainoffer.net (read 2026-11-12) **Keep the address alive** Register or transfer a domain at one price a year, with renewal from your balance. [Find your address](https://postelva.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See pricing](https://postelva.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain for your email cost?") --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # What is an MX record? > An MX record names the server that receives a domain's email; the lowest priority number is tried first. A null MX is 0 and a dot. - URL: https://postelva.com/what-is-an-mx-record/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) The MX record is the line in DNS that decides where your email goes. Change it and your address follows you to a new provider. **Quick answer — What is an MX record?** An MX record is a DNS record that names the mail server accepting email for a domain, with a priority number: the lowest number is tried first. With **Postelva**, you edit the MX records of your domain in a free DNS editor, for example mail.protonmail.ch at priority 10 and mailsec.protonmail.ch at priority 20. ## MX records of three providers, read on their help pages *Values checked on 12 November 2026. Tuta, iCloud+, Migadu and Zoho Mail show their MX values in their own setup screen: copy them from there.* | Provider | MX host | Priority | | --- | --- | --- | | Proton Mail | mail.protonmail.ch | 10 | | Proton Mail | mailsec.protonmail.ch | 20 | | Fastmail | in1-smtp.messagingengine.com | 10 | | Fastmail | in2-smtp.messagingengine.com | 20 | | Mailbox.org | mxext1.mailbox.org, mxext2.mailbox.org, mxext3.mailbox.org, mxext4.mailbox.org | 10 each (use 10, 20, 30, 40 if your DNS host refuses equal priorities) | *Last checked on November 12, 2026; older figures carry their own date.* ## How does an MX record work? **A sending mail server asks DNS for the MX records of the part after the @, sorts them by priority and tries them in that order.** When someone writes to you@yourname.com, their server looks up the MX records of yourname.com. Each record holds two values: a priority number and the name of a mail host. RFC 5321, the SMTP standard, says the preference value must be used in sorting, that lower numbers are tried first, and that hosts with an equal preference are picked in random order. A sender tries at least two addresses in turn until one accepts the message. The MX record does not hold the mailbox. It only points to the machine of your email provider, which stores the message. This is why your address is portable: you buy the domain once, and you change the MX records when you move from one provider to another. The mailbox changes, the address does not. The page on the [custom email domain](https://postelva.com/custom-email-domain/ "What is a custom email domain?") explains the idea in full. ## What does the priority number mean? **The priority number sets the order of delivery: the server with the lowest number receives the mail first, and the next one is a fallback.** The number has no unit and no meaning outside the comparison between your own records. 10 and 20 work exactly like 1 and 2. Proton Mail uses two records: mail.protonmail.ch at 10 and mailsec.protonmail.ch at 20. Fastmail also uses 10 and 20 on in1-smtp.messagingengine.com and in2-smtp.messagingengine.com. Mailbox.org lists four hosts, mxext1 to mxext4, at the same priority 10, so a sender picks one at random; if your DNS host refuses identical priorities, Mailbox.org says to use 10, 20, 30 and 40. One rule saves many lost messages: keep only the MX records of your current provider. Fastmail and Proton both warn that an old provider's MX left in place makes delivery unpredictable, because a sender may choose it. The only safe overlap is to give the new host the lowest priority number. ## What happens if a domain has no MX record? **Without any MX record, a sender falls back to the address record of the domain itself, as if the domain had an MX of priority 0 pointing to its own A or AAAA record.** RFC 5321 calls this the implicit MX. The fallback applies only when no MX record exists at all: as soon as one MX record is published, senders must not use the A or AAAA records of the domain. For a domain that you do not use for email, the fallback is a nuisance. Senders keep trying to deliver to your web server, typically for days, and the sender only learns of the failure late. A null MX closes the door at once. ## What is a null MX record? **A null MX is a single MX record with priority 0 and a dot as the target, and it declares that the domain accepts no email at all.** It is defined in RFC 7505. With a null MX, a sending server fails the delivery on the first attempt and does not queue the message for days. RFC 7505 sets two rules. A domain that publishes a null MX must not publish any other MX record, so the null MX is alone. And a domain that sends mail from its own addresses must not use a null MX, because receivers may reject its messages. Use it only for a name that neither sends nor receives, such as a domain you keep for a redirect or a defensive registration. The record looks like this in zone-file notation: *Null MX (RFC 7505) and a normal pair of MX records* ```dns ; domain that receives no email example.com. IN MX 0 . ; domain hosted at Proton Mail example.com. IN MX 10 mail.protonmail.ch. example.com. IN MX 20 mailsec.protonmail.ch. ``` ## Can an MX record point to an IP address or a CNAME? **No: the target of an MX record is a host name that resolves to an A or AAAA record, never a bare IP address.** RFC 5321 also leaves a target that resolves through a CNAME outside its scope, so the safe choice is to point the MX straight at a host that owns its address records. Providers publish the right host names, as in the table above. The host name in an MX is not a web address. mail.protonmail.ch is a receiving server; opening it in a browser tells you nothing. The same goes for the end of the name: in a zone file the trailing dot marks a complete name, while many DNS editors add the dot for you, so copy the value exactly as your provider shows it. ## How do I add or change MX records on my domain? **Open the DNS editor of the domain, delete the MX records of the previous provider and add the new ones with their priorities.** Postelva gives every domain free DNS hosting with MX, TXT, CNAME and the other record types, and one-click DNS templates for Proton Mail, Fastmail, Zoho Mail, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, plus an SPF + DMARC template and a "no email" template for a domain that sends nothing. For Tuta, Mailbox.org, iCloud+ and Migadu there is no one-click template: you type the MX, TXT and CNAME records in the DNS editor from the values your provider displays. Before a move, lower the TTL of the old MX records. The time a change takes to spread is about the old TTL on the record at the moment you change it, and vendor guidance puts the usual delay for an MX change at one to four hours, sometimes up to 48. The step-by-step order is in the guide to [moving email to a new provider without losing mail](https://postelva.com/guides/move-email-provider-without-downtime/ "How to move email to a new provider without losing mail"). After the change, [check your MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records](https://postelva.com/guides/check-email-dns-records/ "How to check MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records") with a lookup. For a provider walk-through, start with the [Proton Mail custom domain setup](https://postelva.com/guides/proton-mail-custom-domain-setup/ "How to set up Proton Mail with a custom domain"). ## Is MX enough to receive email reliably? **No: MX decides where mail arrives, but SPF, DKIM and DMARC decide whether other servers trust the mail you send.** A domain with correct MX records receives email, and a message you send from it may still land in spam without the three authentication records. They are explained side by side in [SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC](https://postelva.com/spf-vs-dkim-vs-dmarc/ "SPF vs DKIM vs DMARC: what is the difference?"). According to Postelva's count of 12 November 2026 on the providers whose help pages it read, Proton Mail and Fastmail each use 2 MX hosts and Mailbox.org uses 4. A complete Proton Mail setup is then 8 records in all: 1 verification TXT, 2 MX, 1 SPF, 3 DKIM and 1 DMARC. A citable summary: an MX record tells the world which server receives the email of a domain, and changing it is the one step that moves an address between providers. Postelva sells the domain and its DNS; the mailbox stays with your email provider. ## MX record questions ### How many MX records should a domain have? One null MX if the domain receives nothing, otherwise the number your provider lists: two for Proton Mail and Fastmail, four for Mailbox.org. Two or more gives senders a fallback. ### Does the order of MX records in the DNS editor matter? No. Senders sort by the priority number, not by the order of display. Only the number decides which host is tried first. ### How long does an MX change take? Vendor guidance puts a typical MX change at one to four hours and the upper bound at 24 to 48 hours. It depends on the TTL the old record had when you changed it. ### Can two providers receive mail for one domain? Only with a deliberate setup, because senders choose among the MX hosts by priority. Mixing the MX hosts of two providers by accident makes delivery unpredictable, so keep one provider's records. ### Do I need an MX record to send email? No for the sending itself, since sending uses SPF and DKIM. You need an MX to receive replies and bounce messages. **In summary** - An MX record names the mail server of a domain and carries a priority number. - The lowest priority number is tried first (RFC 5321); equal numbers are picked at random. - With no MX at all, senders fall back to the A or AAAA record of the domain. - A null MX (RFC 7505) is one record, priority 0 and a dot, for a domain that accepts no email. - Proton Mail uses mail.protonmail.ch (10) and mailsec.protonmail.ch (20); Fastmail uses in1-smtp (10) and in2-smtp (20). - Keep only your current provider's MX records. - Postelva gives free DNS with MX, TXT and CNAME records; a .com costs $12.49/year, the same every year. ## Sources 1. [RFC 5321, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, section 5.1](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5321.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 2. [RFC 7505, A "Null MX" No Service Resource Record](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7505.html) — RFC Editor (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Remove old MX records when switching (Fastmail help)](https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060591153) — Fastmail (read 2026-11-12) 4. [Custom domain and anti-spoofing (Proton support)](https://proton.me/support/anti-spoofing-custom-domain) — Proton (read 2026-11-12) 5. [SPF, DKIM and DMARC for a custom domain (Mailbox.org knowledge base)](https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/spf-dkim-and-dmarc/) — Mailbox.org (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year. --- # Does my email domain show my name in WHOIS? > At Postelva only one private email is collected; .com and .net registrants are not sent to Verisign. Domain protection is +$29 a year. - URL: https://postelva.com/whois-privacy-for-email-domain/ - Last updated: 2026-11-12 - Publisher: Postelva (https://postelva.com) What the public record shows depends on the registry, not on your registrar alone. **Quick answer — Does my email domain show my name in WHOIS?** Not at **Postelva**: the only contact data we collect is one verified email per domain, kept private, and WHOIS privacy is free where the registry allows it. For .com and .net, Verisign receives no registrant contact data at all. What stays public for other extensions depends on each registry. Domain protection adds +$29 a year. ## Who sees what | Layer | What it holds at Postelva | | --- | --- | | Public WHOIS and RDAP | Depends on the registry; privacy is free where the registry allows it | | Registry for .com and .net (Verisign) | No registrant contact data, because these are thin registries | | Registrar partner | Registrant record with the one verified email we collect | | Postelva (DomaineGoat LLC) | The email, your account number, balance and orders | | With Domain protection | Domain registered in the name of DomaineGoat LLC; you stay beneficiary | ## What is WHOIS, and what is RDAP? **WHOIS is the old public directory of domain registrations, and RDAP is its structured successor.** Both answer the question "who registered this domain?" for anyone who asks. Over the years, privacy rules and registry policies have reduced what they publish. A domain is therefore not a public file of your name and address by default, but the exact fields differ by extension, and some registries publish more than others. ## What do .com and .net publish about a registrant? **Nothing about the registrant's contact details at the registry level.** .com and .net are thin registries: Verisign stores the domain, its nameservers and its dates, while contact data stays with the registrar. Because Postelva collects only one email per domain and Verisign receives no registrant contact data, a lookup for a .com or .net shows the technical data of the domain, not a name or a street. Postelva counts two thin-registry extensions among its 14, and for the other twelve the registry decides what is public. ## Does WHOIS privacy hide everything? **No: it hides details from the public WHOIS, not from the registrar.** ICANN's rules still require the registrar to hold a verified registrant email, checked within 15 days. So the email we collect exists in the registration record at our registrar partner, and we release it only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case. For the reasons behind the 15-day check, see [registering an email domain without ID](https://postelva.com/email-domain-without-kyc/ "Can I register an email domain without ID?"). ## When is Domain protection worth it for an email domain? **When the domain receives your password resets and you want a layer between your name and the record.** With the option, the domain is registered in the name of DomaineGoat LLC, you stay the beneficiary and can take it back in your own name for free, a transfer lock is on, data is minimal, and every complaint is read by a person before any action on the domain. It costs +$29 a year per domain on top of the price of the domain. [Domain protection](https://postelva.com/domain-protection/ "What is Domain protection for an email domain?") sets out when it helps and its limits. ## What should you do to keep the record clean? **Verify the email, keep it reachable, and keep the domain renewed.** A mailbox that you can read means that the verification succeeds and renewal notices arrive. Turn on auto-renew: automatic renewal from your balance, switched on or off for each domain. An expired domain stops receiving mail, as [what happens to email when a domain expires](https://postelva.com/what-happens-to-email-when-domain-expires/ "What happens to my email when my domain expires?") explains. According to Postelva's price table of 12 November 2026, WHOIS privacy costs $0 on all 14 of its extensions, where the registry allows it. ## Why does this matter for email in particular? **Because whoever controls the domain controls the mailbox's reset path.** Mailfence documents the effect: when your MX records point to a mailbox provider, you cannot reset the account password through an address on that same domain after a compromise, unless you change the reset address. The mirror risk is a hijacked domain: its owner can redirect your MX records and receive mail meant for you. A transfer lock and a registrant record you control are the practical defences. ## How can you check what your domain shows? **Look it up in a WHOIS or RDAP lookup tool after registration.** Search your .com or .net: you should see the technical fields of the domain and no contact data from the registry. Then search an extension of another registry and compare, since each registry decides what it shows. If a field shows more than you expected, write to support@postelva.com with the lookup result. Repeat the lookup once a year, because registry policies change and a field that was hidden last year may not be hidden next year. A dated screenshot of the result costs nothing and settles any later question about what was public. **In summary** - Postelva collects only one verified email per domain, kept private. - WHOIS privacy is free where the registry allows it. - .com and .net are thin registries: Verisign receives no registrant contact data. - For other extensions, what is public depends on each registry. - Domain protection: +$29 a year, registered in the name of DomaineGoat LLC. - Data is released only when Panamanian law requires it, or in a UDRP case. ## Questions about WHOIS and email domains ### Can someone see my home address in WHOIS? Postelva does not collect a home address. The only contact data is one verified email address, kept private. ### Does my email provider see my WHOIS data? No. Your mailbox provider only receives mail through the MX records. It has no access to the registration record. ### Is WHOIS privacy the same as Domain protection? No. Privacy hides what the registry lets us hide. Domain protection changes the registrant of record to DomaineGoat LLC and adds a transfer lock and human review of complaints. ### Can I take the domain back from Domain protection? Yes, you stay the beneficiary and the hand-back to your own name is free. ## Sources 1. [ICANN 2013 RAA with specifications (Whois Accuracy Program)](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-2013-09-17-en) — ICANN (read 2026-11-12) 2. [NiceNIC: buying a domain with crypto, KYC and TLD rules](https://nicenic.com/news/How-to-Buy-a-Domain-With-Crypto-Without-Misunderstanding-KYC-and-TLD-Rules-41955) — NiceNIC (read 2026-11-12) 3. [Mailfence KB: custom domain addresses](https://kb.mailfence.com/kb/custom-domain-based-addresses-in-mailfence-account/) — Mailfence (read 2026-11-12) --- Postelva: Postelva registers domain names for private email — the address you keep when you change provider — paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, only one verified email per domain. It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama; domains are registered through its ICANN-accredited registrar partner. A .com costs $12.49/year, the same price every year.