This article will learn about a powerful email platform Zoho, like Gmail, which allows you to configure your professional email account with straightforward steps.
So without wasting your precious time, let’s see how do I add an email account to Zoho with proper screenshots.
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Requirements for sign up:
- An active domain is required with its DNS access.
- You can use your current domain or purchase a new one.
- A mobile number (a valid one) for OTP and verifications.
- You can go with a Lite, Premium, or Workplace account.
Signup Process:
- Go to Zoho mail hompage.
- Select the plan which best suits your need.
- Click Signup button and enter the details to continue with signup process.
- Enter the OTP received on your email and click verify.
- You will be redirected to your Admin Console after the OTP verification.
- Now we need to Add a Domain. Click Add an existing domain.
- If you do not have your domain, Click Buy a new domain.
- Enter the details as shown in the screenshot below and click Add.
- After successfull adding your domain name, you need to proceed for domain verification.
- For domain verification, you will have 3 ways. We will continue with adding TXT Records in DNS.
- Login into your control panel and go to DNS Management. Here I have configured my domain in Cloudflare.
- Click Add Record and select TXT Record from the list.
- Enter your domain name in the Name field, and copy the value provided by Zoho and paste it here. Click Save
- Go to the Zoho page again and click Verify TXT Record.
- A message will be displayed showing you have successfully verified your domain ownership.
- Enter the email address which you want to use with your domain name and click Create. Like in my case, I am using my own name i.e., aditya@adityapandey.org.
- Click Proceed to Setup Group and then DNS Mapping.
- In DNS Mapping you will be provided with 3 MX Records, SPF and DMARC record provided from Zoho and enter into your DNS record and verify the same as we did earlier and click Verify MX Records.
Note:- DNS Records may take some time to propagate properly and until it gets propagated your records will be not verified and you will encounter an error Verification fail.
- MX Record verification is very important as MX Records are responsible for your email deliverability. So they must pointed to Zoho.
- Just Skip the SPF and DMARC records and your email account is successfully configured with Zoho.
- Click Check out your inbox to enter your mail box and start sending and receiving emails.
