Set up domain for receiving and sending

This article describes how to set up a new domain for sending and receiving via creoline Mail Protection.

The following requirements must be met in order to set up Mail Protection:

• Domain must be registered via creoline
• Domain zone must be managed via creoline
• Domain must not have any DNS entries of type MX set up

Configure domain

Log in to the Customer Center at account.creoline.de with your access data. Then select the menu item "E-Mail Protection" from the left sidebar. Click on "Add domain" to start the setup.

• Domain

  Select the desired domain from the domain list for which you want to activate creoline Mail Protection.

Target server

Enter the mail server that manages the email mailboxes. Here you can enter the host name of your managed server or an external Exchange server, for example. You can enter a host name or an IPv4 address in this field.

• Destination port

  The destination port determines the port via which incoming emails are to be delivered to your mail server. The default port is25. Please check the firewall configuration in advance to see whether delivery via the target port is blocked.

SPF setting

The SPF setting prevents external servers from sending emails on behalf of your domain. You can find a detailed explanation of the various SPF settings in this article.

• Sign outgoing emails**

  If this setting is activated, outgoing emails are automatically digitally signed using the DKIM process.

Complete setup

Once you have filled in all the fields, you can complete the setup by clicking the "Add domain" button. Please note that all necessary DNS entries for the domain are automatically set up during the setup process.

The DNS entries associated with Mail Protection cannot be edited manually.

Which DNS entries are created automatically?

E-Mail Protection automatically creates the following DNS entries per domain during the setup process:

MX records

@ 10 mail.in.creolineserver.com

TXT entries

@ v=spf1 a mx include:_spf.creoline.de -all

@ v=DKIM1; h=sha256; k=rsa; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEB [*****]

@ creoline-spam-token=defa177264447a1ecf076c59a37834******; domain=creoline-test.de; v=2020.06

_dmarc v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:rua.dmarc@creolineserver.de; ruf=mailto:ruf.dmarc@creolineserver.de; rf=afrf; fo=1; pct=100; adkim=s; aspf=s