Custom Domain Email

What is a custom domain mailbox?

Send and receive email from a professional address on your own domain, without buying a full website-hosting plan.

Real inboxStored incoming mail
Send as your domainYour chosen address
Use anywhereWebmail, phone or computer

“Domain POP mailbox” is the old name

The current service is Custom Domain Email. POP is one method of downloading messages, but modern devices normally use IMAP so that folders and read status stay synchronised.

A complete email address on your domain

A mailbox such as hello@yourdomain.co.uk stores received messages and can send replies from the same address. You can use it in Roundcube webmail, Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail and most phone mail applications.

  • A private inbox with its own password and storage allowance.
  • Authenticated outgoing email from your domain address.
  • IMAP access so messages remain available across devices.
  • Webmail access when you are away from your usual device.

Mailbox, forwarding or hosting?

Custom Domain Email
Send, receive and store email in a real mailbox
Email Forwarding
Pass incoming messages to an inbox you already use
Web hosting email
Mailboxes included with a UKC Plesk hosting subscription and managed in Plesk

Forwarding alone does not create an inbox and normally does not provide an outgoing mail service. Choose a mailbox when you want to send professionally from the domain address.

Add a mailbox from Domain Tools

  1. Open Domains, choose the domain and select Custom Domain Email.
  2. Select Add mailbox, choose the address and mailbox plan, then complete checkout.
  3. Allow the mail route to activate, then use the supplied server details to connect your devices.
Open My Domains

Your domain needs the correct mail route

The domain's MX records decide where incoming email is delivered. If another provider manages the domain's DNS or mail, review the required records before changing anything so existing email is not interrupted.

Not sure whether you need a mailbox?

Tell us whether you need to send email, receive it, or simply forward it to another inbox. We can point you to the simplest option.

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