If your emails are landing in spam folders — or worse, someone is sending emails pretending to be you — it is time to set up email authentication. SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are three DNS records that tell receiving mail servers your messages are legitimate. This guide walks you through setting up all three on your HOSTDOG hosting.

This guide walks you through adding your HOSTDOG email to Mozilla Thunderbird with IMAP. Thunderbird often auto-detects server settings, but if it does not, you can enter them manually using the reference below.

This guide walks you through adding your HOSTDOG email account to Microsoft Outlook for Windows, step by step. We recommend IMAP, which keeps your emails synchronised across all devices.

This guide covers the new Outlook for Windows app (the replacement for classic Outlook) and Outlook on the web (outlook.com / outlook.live.com). If you use classic Outlook (2016, 2019, 2021, or Microsoft 365 desktop), see How to set up email in Outlook (desktop) instead.

This guide walks you through the setup step by step, using IMAP — which keeps your emails in sync across all your devices. It works on all iPhones and iPads running iOS 14 or later.

This guide walks you through adding your HOSTDOG email to the Gmail app on Android, step by step. We use IMAP, which keeps your emails in sync across all your devices. These instructions work on all Android phones and tablets running Android 10 or later.

Below you'll find the incoming mail server settings (IMAP and POP3), outgoing mail server settings (SMTP), and the correct ports and encryption options for each. All values apply to every HOSTDOG email account.

A professional email address like info@yourdomain.com builds credibility with customers and keeps business communications separate from personal email. This guide walks you through every step — from logging in to your control panel to sending your first email.